The variety of candidates for Nigeria’s Technical and Vocational Training and Coaching (TVET) entrance examinations has surged by almost 300%, rising from 7,547 in 2024 to 30,000 in 2025.
This was disclosed by the Registrar and Chief Govt Officer of the Nationwide Enterprise and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Dr Mohammed Mohammed, throughout a monitoring train on the Federal Science and Technical School (FSTC), Uromi, Edo State.
Dr Mohammed, who was represented by NABTEB’s Director of Analysis and High quality Assurance, Mr Pius Osaigbovo, attributed the huge improve to federal government-backed incentives focusing on technical schooling.
“Federal authorities needs to offer people a survival talent, a talent that’s related, a talent that makes them employable and helpful to themselves and society,” he mentioned.
Dr Mohammed famous that profitable college students will obtain two certificates on the finish of the programme.
“On the finish of the coaching, the candidates could be given twin certificates by NABTEB; the same old Nationwide Technical or Enterprise Certificates (NTC/NBC) and the Nationwide Abilities Qualification (NSQ), which is competency-based,” he mentioned
He defined that the TVET programme spans three years and is structured to be extra sensible.
“Within the TVET, we’re going to have a three-year programme and it’ll be 80 per cent technical and 20 per cent concept,” he mentioned.
NABTEB boss famous that solely candidates who accomplished their registration on-line earlier than the portal closed on June 12 have been allowed to sit down for the examinations
The Federal Authorities of Nigeria is making daring strides to rework the Technical and Vocational Training and Coaching (TVET) sector to sort out youth unemployment and bridge the hole between schooling and business calls for.
In response to Nairametrics, the federal government launched a month-to-month stipend for college students attending technical faculties nationwide as a part of a broader plan to revive the sector and encourage younger Nigerians to pursue sensible abilities that enhance their employability.
The federal authorities obtained greater than 90,000 purposes in lower than per week after the portal went stay.
A key reform within the TVET curriculum now locations 80% emphasis on sensible, hands-on studying, with solely 20% targeted on concept to make sure that graduates are job-ready and outfitted with related abilities instantly relevant within the office
