By Mariyah Adamu, Abuja
National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, has released its 2025 in-school National Business Certificate/National Technical Certificate, NBC/NTC, examination results.
Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Dr Mohammed Mohammed, while officially declaring the results released, said the outcome showed tremendous improvement in the performance of candidates, stressing that there was 37 percent increase in the 2025 enrollment figures compared to 2024.
Mohammed said about 80,000 out of the over 92,000 candidates that enrolled for the 2025 June/July examination had credit in English and Mathematics.
Also, he said 61,104 representing 68.18 percent of the candidates that sat for the National Business Certificate, NBC, and National Technical Certificate, NTC, examinations had five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
According to him, the 2025 performance surpassed that of June/July 2024 NBC/NTC examination results, where 44,000 candidates representing 65.34 percent scored five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics, and 62,235 candidates, representing 92.42 percent obtained five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics.
He said the Board also achieved increase in the number of candidates that enrolled for the examination and number of centres used for its conduct compared to the enrollment figures and number of centres used last year.
He revealed that out of the total number of candidates graded for the examination,
57,651 (62.07 percent) were males, while 35,224 (37.93 percent) were females.
He revealed that there was a significant decrease in the number of cases of examination malpractice in 2025 compared to the immediate past year.
Mohammed said: “The NABTEB examination was conducted nationwide from Monday, June 16 to Thursday, July 17.
“A total of 92,875 candidates registered for the examinations in 1,892 centres as against 67,751 in 1,708 centers in 2024, which represents 37.08 percent and 10.77 percent increase in enrollment and number of centres respectively.
“Analyses of the enrollment indicate that candidates enrolled for 16 Engineering Trades, seven Construction Trades, nine Miscellaneous Trades, four Business Trades, and 16 General Education Subjects.
“A total of 89,621 candidates were graded for the examinations, which represents 96.50 percent of the total enrolment.
“Furthermore, 57,651 (62.07 percent) males and 35,224 (37.93 percent) females enrolled for the examinations.
“In English language, 85,476 were graded with an overall pass of 79,575 (93.10 percent) and 5,901 (6.90 percent) fail. However, in comparison with the 2024 results, 63,866 (95.87 percent) pass and 2,753 (4.13 percent) fail.
“In Mathematics, 85,805 were graded, the overall pass is 81,172 (94.60 percent), and the fail is 4,633 (5.40 percent), but in comparison to the 2024 results, 60,849 (91.39 percent) pass and 5,738 (8.61 percent) fail.
“This infers that more candidates passed Mathematics, while fewer candidates passed English Language this year when compared to last year’s examination results.
“The analyses revealed that 61,104 candidates representing 68.18 percent of the candidates that sat for NBC/NTC examinations scored five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.
“A total of 74,633 candidates obtained the five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics, which represents 83.28 percent of the candidates who sat for the same examinations.
“Comparatively, this performance is better when compared to the previous year’s June/July 2024 NBC/NTC examination results, where 44,000 candidates representing 65.34 percent scored five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics, and 62,235 candidates, representing 92.42 percent obtained five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics.
“It was observed that 435 (0.47 percent) candidates out of the 92,875 who enrolled were involved in 516 incidences of examination malpractices, as against the 2024 record of 349 (0.52 percent) candidates’ involvement in 524 incidences.
“This is a decrease in the incidence of examination malpractices as recorded in this year’s June/July NBC/NTC examination.”
Mohammed observed that the 21st-century, driven by innovation and knowledge economy, there is the need for comprehensive Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, which exposes candidates to the needed technical and vocational skills.
He also disclosed that NABTEB has commenced registration of candidates for the November/December NBC/NTC and ANBC/ANTC examinations.
He said: “Prospective candidates can access the NABTEB portal
@novdec.nabteb.gov.ng or visit any state or zonal office to obtain guidelines for registration.”
He thanked the ministers of education for their “unwavering support, especially in the launch of the new TVET initiatives on Friday, May 30, which gave it the needed boost to translate Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda in empowering youths with 21st-century skills necessary for closing the skills gap in our industries.”
He also lauded his colleagues from the Federal Ministry of Education, NABTEB management and staff for their roles in releasing the results in record time.
