NABTEB boss makes case for technical education, announces result

WORRIED by the lackadaisical attitude of youths to technical education, the Registrar of the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), Professor Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe has called for an increase emphasis and enlightenment on the benefits of Technical and Vocational Education and training (TVET) at all levels in the country.

Speaking on Monday in Benin on the occasion of the release of results of the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level certificate examinations for private students, Professor Abanihe-Isiguzo listed the challenges affecting technical education as stigmatisation of TVET which affects enrollment; and inadequate reward system for learners and graduates of TVET.

She also listed gross imbalance between the number of technical colleges and conventional secondary school; and inadequate funding of TVET programmes and institutions as other challenges affecting the growth of technical education in the country.

She disclosed that out of the 38,793 candidates who enrolled for the examination, 38,639 candidates sat for the examination, representing 99.60 per cent of the total.

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In terms of number of credit passes obtained, she said that the 25,915 candidates representing 76.30 per cent obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics while 29,923 candidates or 88.1 per cent scored five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.

She said that these performances were statistically similar to the 2020 November/December, examination, where 21,175 candidates, representing 75.72 per cent, obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics and 25,884 candidates, representing 92.42 per cent of all the candidates that sat for the examinations obtained five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics.

The registrar, however, noted that 197 candidates representing 0.51 per cent of the total candidates that sat for the examination were found to be briefed in examination malpractice, an improvement compared to 250 candidates or 0.77 per cent who sat in the previous year.

She added: “The principal objective of TVET is to train youths and adults alike to develop relevant skills needed for today’s labour market and for academic progress.”