The results of the 2023 NBC/NTC exams, which were given countrywide from Monday, June 26, to Tuesday, July 25, have been made public by the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).
Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, who announced the release of the results, revealed that a total of 39,220 candidates, representing 73.19% of the total candidates who sat for the 2023 In-school NBC/NTC exams, scored five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
49,529 individuals, she said, earned five credits or more overall, with or without English Language and Maths.
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Prof. Isiugo-Abanihe cited the results of the 2022 In-School NBC/NTC Examinations, where 58,679 candidates, or 69.73%, obtained five credits or higher, 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, or 88.35% of the candidates who sat for the examinations, obtained five credits and above.”
She claims 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.”
According to a review of the 2023 NBC/NTC exams, candidates registered for 16 Engineering Trades, 7 Construction Trades, 9 Miscellaneous Trades, 4 Business Trades, and 17 General Education topics.
The registrar reported that out of 53,587 candidates, or 98.69% of the total enrolment, who took the certificate exams, 13,699 candidates, or 51.93%, were certified as craftsmen, compared to 64.41% in the 2022 In-School NBC/NTC examinations.
The registrar bemoaned that, despite widespread attention in assessment discourse, examination malpractice remained a problem for conducting public exams on a global scale.
Mrs. Isiugo-Abanihe emphasised: “It is against this backdrop that the Board continues to develop numerous new techniques to guarantee that misconduct is much reduced in her examination activities.
Exam malpractice increased: “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.”
