Welcome to NBTE
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.
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 and Commonwealth of Learning Partner to Develop Framework for ODFeL Implementation in Nigeria
NBTE Launched Online Workshop to Introduce Digital Literacy Competency for TVET Teachers
The Illegal Activities of Novelty Polytechnic, Kishi, Oyo State
NBTE Reviews Entry Requirements for HND Programmes
NBTE Trains Over 1000 Entrepreneurship Educators in Polytechnics and Similar Institutions
Strengthening Research and Publications in TVET: NBTE Unveils Revamped Journal
NBTE Signs MoU with IUT Bangladesh
In his untiring effort to reposition the TVET sector in Nigeria, the Executive Secretary Prof. Idris M. Bugaje visited the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) Bangladesh on a partnership mission. The visit to the IUT which is a leading TVET teachers training and development Institution was aimed at partnership in the training of TVET teachers in Nigeria.