No fewer than 25,915 candidates representing 76.30 per cent out of 38,793 who sat the National Business and Technical Examination Board November/December examinations scored five credits pass in English language and Mathematics.
Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, March 14, to announce the release of the results in Benin City, Edo State, the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, said their record indicated that 23,660 males and 15,133 females enrolled in 1,696 centres across the 36 states and Abuja.
She said: “The details of the results of the 2021 November/December NBC/NTC and ANTC examination indicate that 38,793 enrolled, while 38,639 candidates sat the examinations representing 99.60 per cent of the total enrolment. The number of credit passes obtained by candidate for purposes of academic and work progression reveal that 76.30 per cent of the total number of candidates, which is 25,915 candidates, obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Also, 88.1 per cent (29,923 candidates) scored five credits and above with or without English language and Mathematics.
“A total of 33,965 candidates sat the Ordinary Level Certificate examinations and 4,674 candidates sat the Advanced Level examinations. Similarly, out of 6,462 candidates that sat the various Trades at all levels, 3,352 candidates, representing 57.87 per cent were certified as craftsmen.
“For the Advanced Level examinations, 1,871 candidates, representing 40.02 per cent of the 4,674 candidates that sat the 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 stated.
She said that the board has, among other challenges, the public stigmatisation against Technical and Vocational Educational Training, inadequate funding of TVET programmes and institutions such as NABTEB, and gross imbalance between the number of technical colleges and conventional secondary schools, which leads to low enrolment.
She urged the general public and schools to begin the registration of candidates for the 2022 NABTEB NBC/NTC examinations for in-school candidates, which has commenced.
