The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has dismissed claims by the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) about the creation of an “NBTE–NAPS Accreditation and Verification Taskforce Committee.” In a statement, NBTE clarified that it has never approved or authorised such a committee, stressing that accreditation and verification remain its sole statutory responsibility. The
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, has pledged collaboration with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the Creative Media Sector Skills Council to integrate digital and creative media standards into the country’s broadcast and information sector. Speaking in Abuja during a courtesy visit by NBTE leadership, Idris said the initiative aligns with President
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has launched a unified Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) portal to standardise data management across polytechnics and technical institutions in Nigeria. The initiative was announced in Kaduna on Tuesday in a statement by Mrs Fatima Abubakar, Head of Media and Publicity at NBTE. NBTE Executive Secretary, Prof Idris Bugaje,
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has reiterated its commitment to tackling unaccredited institutions operating illegally as polytechnics. Speaking during an accreditation visit to Harvard College of Science, Business and Management Studies in Abeokuta, Dr Fatimah Kabir Umar, NBTE Director of Polytechnic and Allied Programmes, warned that such schools threaten students’ futures and undermine
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced plans to meet with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) over a directive affecting lecturers without a master’s degree. NBTE’s circular, dated September 10, 2025, instructed that academic staff in polytechnics and other Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions who do not obtain
Two senior officers of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), who were mentioned in an online publication, have denied allegations of illegal promotion. Dr. Zakari Abdullah and Dr. Yilleng Moses Titus describe the report by an online media outlet that they were upgraded to the rank of deputy director, while still on probation, as
Professor Idris M. Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has come under scrutiny following allegations of corruption and job racketeering published by Sahara Reporters. The online outlet, in a report on August 14, accused the Board of financial irregularities and service-rule breaches, citing unnamed staff. Nevertheless, Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim, a
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted full accreditation to 11 programmes at the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) levels at Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Dambatta, Kano State. The approval, conveyed in a letter dated August 12 and signed by the NBTE’s Director of Polytechnic and Allied Programmes, Dr
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has responded to an advertisement by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) that criticised technical reforms in the country. The advertisement, titled ‘Redeeming Polytechnic Education from Persistent Existential Threats,’ was placed in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Responding to the publication, the NBTE
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced that all polytechnic graduates must now obtain an Industrial Training (IT) Certificate before they can go for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This was made known by the NBTE Director of SIWES/NYSC Liaison, Mallam Dauda Baba Halah, during an accreditation exercise. He said the aim
