No fewer than 25,915 candidates who sat for the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB)’s November/December examination scored five credits passes and above, including English language and Mathematics.
The above figure represents 76.3 percent of the 38,793 candidates who enrolled for the exam.
The Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, disclosed this on Monday in Benin, Edo State, during a press briefing organized to announce the release of the results.
A total of 23,660 males and 15,133 females enrolled for the examination in 1,696 centers across the 36 States and Abuja.
According to the NABTEB boss, “The details of the results of the 2021 November/December NBC/NTC and ANTC examination indicates that 38,793 enrolled for the exams, while 38,639 candidates sat for examinations representing 99.60 % of the total enrollment.
“The number of credit passes obtained by candidates for purposes of academic and work progression reveal that 76.30% of the total number of candidates, which is 25,915 candidates obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Also, 88.1% (29,923 candidates) scored five credits and above with or without English language and Mathematics.
“A total of 33,965 candidates sat for the Ordinary level certificate examinations and 4,674 candidates sat for Advanced level. Similarly, out of 6,462 candidates that sat for various Trades at all levels, 3,352 candidates, representing 57.87/% were certified as craftsmen.
“For the advanced Level examinations, 1,871 candidates, representing 40.02% of the 4,674 candidates that sat for various Trades at Master Craft level were certified as Master Craftsmen.
The result statistics represent a slight decrease in performance over those of 2020 November/December certificate examinations,” she said
Isiugo-Abanihe noted that the Board has had to cope with stigmatization against Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) by members of the public; inadequate funding of TVET programs and institutions such as NABTEB and gross imbalance between a number of Technical Colleges and conventional secondary schools, which according to her, leads to low enrollment.
She also used the opportunity to inform the general public that the registration of candidates for the 2022 NABTEB NBC/NTC examinations for in-school candidates has commenced.
