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 Unveils 61 Curricula, Courseware and NOS for ND/NID/HND ODFeL and NSQs

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has unveiled 61 new and reviewed curricula for National Diploma (ND), National Innovation Diploma (NID) and Higher National Diploma (HND) as well as ND Courseware for Open, Distance and Flexible e-Learning (ODFeL) and the National Occupational Standards (NOS) between 2021 and 2022. According to the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris M. Bugaje, the new and reviewed curricula was long overdue as they would help to provide general guide to institutions in determining the body of knowledge and skills, while also addressing the employability problems in the country. He stated that the number of developed curricula, courseware and NOS unveiled represents about 15 per cent of the total.