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About Us

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is an organ of the Federal Ministry of Education which is charged with the responsibility of regulating Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in Nigeria. The Board was created by an Act of Parliament (Act No. 9 of 11 January, 1977) as a response to the federal Government of Nigeria realization of the need to develop a critical man-power base to execute the nation’s National Development Plans initiated in the 1970s.

Summary of Formal TVET Institutions Under NBTE's Regulatory Purview

Category

Public

Private

Total

Polytechnics

Polytechnics

91

103

194

Allied Institutions 

Specialised Institutions

50

93

143

Colleges of Agriculture

31

1

32

Colleges of Health and Nursing Sciences

Colleges of Health Science

66

65

131

College of Nursing Science

92

62

154

Technical Colleges

Technical Colleges

150

3

153

Total

480

327

807

NBTE Vision and Mission

Vision

The Vision of the Board is “To be a world-class regulatory body for the promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria”.

 

Mission

The mission statement of NBTE is “To promote the production of skilled technical and professional manpower for the development and sustenance of the national economy”.

 

NBTE INTRODUCES SECTOR-WIDE POLICY FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN CERTIFICATE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY IN NIGERIAN TVET INSTITUTIONS

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced a new Sector-Wide Policy Framework on Certificate Security and Integrity to safeguard the credibility of academic qualifications issued by Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across Nigeria. The move follows recent reports of certificate forgery in some TVET institutions, which exposed gaps in the processes of issuance, verification, and institutional oversight. According to NBTE, the policy is designed to restore public confidence and uphold the integrity of Nigeria’s TVET system.

NBTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR REFORMS: NID PROGRAMME DISCONTINUED, 46 INSTITUTIONS UPGRADED, 136 LICENSES REVOKED

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) wishes to inform the general public and stakeholders in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector of recent approvals granted by the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, CON, aimed at harmonizing and strengthening the National Diploma (ND) system across the country. In line with the Minister’s directive, the National Innovation Diploma (NID) programme has been discontinued with immediate effect. According to the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris M. Bugaje, the policy seeks to establish a unified and harmonized National Diploma framework that ensures academic progression and consistency across Nigeria’s tertiary education system.

RE: REDEEMING POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION FROM PERSISTENT EXISTENTIAL THREATS

Our attention has been drawn to a paid advert in Daily trust newspaper, dated 24th July, 2025, page 8, by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), bearing the above caption and addressed to His Excellency, Mr. President. While we acknowledge the right of ASUP to raise issues on improving Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria, there were many misleading errors in the press release that should be corrected:

NBTE, in Collaboration with COL, Hosts Groundbreaking Trainer-in-the-Loop AI Workshop to Advance TVET Digital Transformation in Nigeria

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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), has successfully concluded a landmark Trainer-in-the-Loop Artificial Intelligence (TiL AI) Workshop at its Centre of Excellence in Kaduna. The two-day event held from June 19 – 20, 2025, marked a transformative step in Nigeria’s TVET digital education journey, integrating artificial intelligence into the development of Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Science Laboratory Technology (SLT).

Guidelines and Procedures for Establishment of Private Polytechnics

The Technical Institutions to be affected by these guidelines are those established or to be established to offer vocational, technical, technology or professional education and training programmes at the tertiary level such as Polytechnics and Monotechnics which produce technicians and technologists and other professionals or similar level of business and related manpower in Nigeria. The National Council on Education approved the following definitions for a polytechnic or a Monotechnics at its Sokoto meeting held in 1987:

Nigerian Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF)

NSQF formerly called NVQF is a system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge, understanding and competencies acquired by individuals, irrespective of where and how the training or skill was acquired. The system gives a clear statement of what the learner must know or be able to do whether the learning took place in a classroom, on-the-job, or less formally. The framework indicates the comparability of different qualifications and how one can progress from one level to another. The framework is the structure within which the National Skills Qualifications (NSQs) operate.

Technology-Enabled Quality Assurance

In response to the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the Federal Government's strategic emphasis on a digitally-driven economy, our Board has spearheaded the development of a digital platform for seamless communication with all institutions within our regulatory ambit. In alignment with this technological thrust, the Board is proud to unveil a paradigm-shifting approach—Technology-Driven Quality Assurance for TVET Institutions. This pioneering initiative seeks to significantly curtail the need for on-site visits, thereby relieving financial pressures on institutions nationwide. Notably, it fosters sustainability by obviating the requirement for the traditional submission of Self-Study Questionnaires (SSQ), hitherto presented in hardbound copies.

NBTE AND COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING PARTNER TO IMPLEMENT ODFEL STANDARDS AND ACCREDITATION TOOL, AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA'S TVET SYSTEM

NBTE AND COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING PARTNER TO IMPLEMENT ODFEL STANDARDS AND ACCREDITATION TOOL, AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA'S TVET SYSTEM

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is partnering with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), to implement the Open, Distance, and Flexible eLearning (ODFeL) Standards and Accreditation Tool, and a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework in Nigeria’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. This initiative, aimed at enhancing the resilience, quality, and accessibility of the TVET, is being piloted in five institutions, starting with Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State and Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic in Yobe State.
The partnership seeks to build on previous efforts by NBTE and COL which developed the ODFeL Standards and Accreditation Tools and the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework. The new project, which runs until May 2025, focuses on the pilot implementation of these frameworks and final validation, which will be instrumental in improving the delivery of ODFeL, thereby providing access to quality TVET education for students across Nigeria using technology.

NBTE Partners with Cisco to Train Over 500 Computer Science Lecturers on New HND Programmes

NBTE Partners with Cisco to Train Over 500 Computer Science Lecturers on New HND Programmes

Kaduna, September 2, 2024 — In a significant move to elevate Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)  in Nigeria, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with Cisco Academy, has launched an extensive training programme aimed at equipping over 500 computer science lecturers with the skills needed to implement newly developed Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes.

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