The 2023 NBC/NTC examination results have been made public by the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), which administered the tests across the country from Monday, June 26, to Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
When the results were released, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, revealed that 39,220 candidates, or 73.19% of all candidates who took the 2023 In-School NBC/NTC exams, received five or more credits, including English Language and Mathematics.
49,529 candidates, she continued, earned five credits or more overall, with or without English Language and Mathematics.
Prof. Isiugo-Abanihe cited the results of the 2022 In-School NBC/NTC Examinations, where 58,679 candidates, or 69.73%, obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics, as evidence that the figure represented 92.43% of the candidates who took the examinations.
She continued, “With or without English Language and Mathematics, 74,346 candidates, representing 88.35% of the candidates who sat for the examinations, obtained five credits and above.”
Her statement that “a total of 54,301 candidates registered for the examinations in 1,556 centres across all states of the federation and Cote d’Ivoire, marking a 38.06% decrease from that of the 2022 In-school certificate examinations where 87,668 candidates enrolled for the examinations” is accurate.
According to a review of the 2023 NBC/NTC exams, candidates registered for 17 General Education courses, nine Miscellaneous Trades, nine Construction Trades, 16 Engineering Trades, and seven Construction Trades.
The registrar reported that out of 53,587 applicants, or 98.69% of the total enrolment, who took the certificate exams, 13,699 candidates, or 51.93%, were certified as craftsmen as opposed to 64.41% in the 2022 In-School NBC/NTC examinations.
The registrar bemoaned that, despite widespread emphasis in assessment discourse, examination misconduct remained a problem for the conduct of public examinations on a global scale.
Mrs. Isiugo-Abanihe emphasised: “Against this backdrop, the Board continues to propose numerous new techniques to make sure that misconduct is much decreased in her examination activities.
“In the examinations under review, 239 candidates, representing 0.45% of the total number of candidates who sat for the 2023 NBC/NTC examinations, were involved in examination malpractice, as compared with 300 candidates, representing 0.36% of the total number of candidates who sat for the 2022 In-school examinations, indicating an increase in examination malpractice.”
