The Registrar, National Business and Technical Examination Board
(NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, yesterday said of the 49,302
candidates that sat for National Business Certifate(NBC)/ National
Technical Council (NTC) examination, 32,349 candidates scored five
credit and above including Mathematics and English language.
Prof.
Isiugo-Abanihe disclosed this in Benin while announcing the release
of the the 2019 November/December NABTEB examination.
She said the 32,349 candidates represents 72.91 percent of the candidates that sat for the NBC/NTC examination.
Prof.
Isiugo-Abanihe further disclosed that a total of 40,605 candidates
representing 91.52 percent scored five credit and above with or without
English language and Mathematics in the examination.
According
to her, a total of 49,302 candidates sat for the examination, noting
that out of the number only 603 candidates were involved in examination
malpratices.
She stressed the need to develop
new curricular for various Technical and Vocational Education and
Training (TVET) prgrammes that are responsive to national skills and
industries’ needs.
Prof.
Isiugo-Abanihe however called on the National and State Houses of
Assemblies to legislate on the establishment of more modern,
well-equipped technical colleges in all the local government areas
across the country.
She noted that the candidates registered for a total of 66 trades at both ordinary and advanced levels of the examination.