NABTEB records 59.72% pass rate

32,697 CANDIDATES out of the 54,752 candidates who sat for the recently released National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) examination scored 5 credits and above including English Language and Mathematics, according to the  Registrar/Chief Executive, National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe.

Isiugo-Abanihe told journalists in Benin at the weekend that the figure represented 59.72 per cent of the candidates that sat for the NBC/NTC examinations while 45,721 candidates have 5 credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics representing 83.51 per cent of the candidates that sat for the same examination.

On the hydra-headed problem of examination malpractices, she said disclosed that there was a total of 842 cases of malpractices, adding that Bayelsa, Borno and Edo states were the only states where the examination body failed to record malpractices.

Isiugo-Abanihe said that the victims were dealt with accordingly, noting that out of 55,480 candidates who registered for certification examinations in 1,458 centres, 54,752 sat for the examination representing 98.69 per cent of the total enrollment.

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While reiterating her determination to removing other obstacles to the acceptance of the certificates by all institutions in the country, she said that the board has been able to put to rest the problem of rejection of the certificate as an entry requirement into the School of Nursing programmes

She called on the federal government to establish at least one federal science and technical college in the remaining 16 states that do not have.

She advised the government to place emphasis on the importance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes as veritable tools in the actualisation of its change agenda.