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ASUP Gives 21-Day Ultimatum to FG over Unresolved Demands

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 15, 2025

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has given the federal government a 21-day ultimatum to fulfil its pending obligations under an agreement reached with the union. Shammah Kpanja, the president of ASUP, made this known while speaking to journalists after an emergency meeting of the

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Kwara Poly Receives NBTE Approval for ND in Law, Medical Imaging, Others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 30, 2025

Kwara State Polytechnic has obtained full accreditation for all its current academic programmes and has also secured approval for a number of new National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) courses, which are scheduled to commence in the 2025/2026 academic session. This follows a recent evaluation conducted by the National Board for Technical Education […]

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Why the Federal Government is turning science schools into technical colleges—Bugaje

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 1, 2025

The federal government has announced that it is transforming Federal Science and Technical Colleges (FSTC) into fully established Federal Technical Colleges (FTC) as part of a complete reform of the nation’s technical education system. Professor Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), made this announcement during a

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FG rolls out HND courses in AI, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering to match global tech evolution

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 29, 2025

The federal government has launched a set of new Higher National Diploma (HND) courses in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, software engineering, and networking as part of a wider initiative to update the country’s technical education structure. Prof. Idris Bugaje, who serves as the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE),

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Fed Poly Oko seeks NBTE Accreditation for 9 Academic Programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 4, 2025

Federal Polytechnic Oko has applied for the accreditation of nine academic programmes through the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in a bid to grow its portfolio of officially recognized courses. The programmes submitted for inspection and validation include the National Diploma (ND) in Marketing and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Hospitality Management and

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Tinubu directs NUC, NBTE, others to eliminate illegal tertiary schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 13, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has instructed the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and other relevant agencies to take decisive action against unapproved tertiary institutions in order to protect the nation’s education system from fraudulent practices. He stressed that maintaining the integrity of Nigeria’s academic

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Polytechnic Degrees to Eliminate HND, Bachelor’s Degree Dichotomy—Bugaje

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2025

Idris Bugaje, the executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has revealed that the ongoing effort to allow polytechnic institutions to award bachelor’s degrees will put an end to the distinction between Higher National Diplomas (HND) and university degrees. Bugaje shared this information recently while discussing the bill that seeks to

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NBTE Justifies Outsourcing of Physical Accreditation Amid ASUP Concerns

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2025

The National Board for Technical Education has addressed concerns raised by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics regarding the planned outsourcing of quality assurance functions. In a statement released on Sunday by its Head of Media Unit, Fatima Abubakar, the NBTE clarified that the outsourcing would apply only to physical accreditation exercises and would be […]

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NBTE Grants Approval to Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2025

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted approval for key academic programs at Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology. The Proprietor of the College, Adewale Owoseni, stated that these courses are fundamental to the institution’s mission of advancing healthcare education. In an official letter signed by NBTE’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris

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NBTE Rejects Fraud Claims, Accuses Suspended Director of Defamation Campaign

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 14, 2025

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has firmly denied accusations of financial mismanagement directed at its Executive Secretary, asserting that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has not initiated any investigation against him. In a statement signed by the Head of Media Unit, Fatima Abubakar, the Board dismissed

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NBTE Accredits 18 Programs at Kogi Poly, Approves 8 others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 22, 2025

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has awarded full institutional accreditation to 18 programs at Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja and has also approved eight more programs for the institution. The Rector, Prof. Salisu Usman, revealed this in a statement signed by Uredo Omale, the Director of Public Relations and Protocol at the institution, which […]

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NBTE Grants Approval for New Academic Programmes at Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2024

Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic has received approval from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to introduce new academic programmes starting from the 2024/2025 academic session. This approval was conveyed in a memo sent to the Polytechnic’s Rector by the NBTE’s Executive Secretary. The memo reads, “With reference to the Resources Inspection Visitations

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NBTE inaugurates polytechnics foundation council, dissolves steering committee

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 13, 2024

On Thursday, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) established the Nigerian Polytechnics Foundation Council and disbanded the old steering committee. In his inauguration speech, NBTE executive secretary Idris Bugaje stated that NIPOF was created to solve the serious issues affecting polytechnics in Nigeria. Mr Bugaje stated that its objective was to help the

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NBTE head expresses concern about the state of technical education in Nigeria

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 12, 2024

Professor Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has expressed concern about the state of technical colleges in Nigeria and urged the government to increase investment in TVET. Bugaje spoke during a workshop on strategies for implementing the Nigerian Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) in Technical Colleges of Education

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NBTE, Cisco Academy collaborate to train over 500 lecturers on new HND programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 3, 2024

In an effort to improve Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with Cisco Academy, has launched an extensive training program aimed at equipping over 500 computer science lecturers with the skills required to implement newly developed Higher National Diploma (HND) programs.

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All SLT graduates, others are properly documented and registered — Lagos NYSC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 2, 2024

The Lagos State Secretariat of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) cleared the air on Sunday on the seamless registration of all 2024 Batch B Stream 2 Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) graduates and those deployed to the state for the three-week orientation programme. Recall that the Executive Secretary of the National Board NBTE, Prof. Idris […]

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NBTE admitted into World Skills International — Spokesperson

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 26, 2024

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in Nigeria has finally been admitted to World Skills International (WSI) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This was stated in a statement released by Fatima Abubakar, Head of the NBTE’s Media Unit, and made available to journalists in Kaduna on Sunday. The statement noted, “The confirmation was contained in a […]

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NBTE accredits 3 new programmes for Fed Poly N’yak

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 23, 2024

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) approved three academic programmes for the newly established Federal Polytechnic in N’yak, Shendam, Plateau State. Dr. Mukaila Ya’u, Rector of the Polytechnic, stated that the Board approved of three programmes, Statistics, Business Administration, and Electrical Electronics Engineering, out of 10 courses the

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ASUP suspends planned industrial strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 23, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called off its planned strike over contentious aspects in the new Scheme of Service, which was announced by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on June 19, 2024. The national president of ASUP, Shammah Kpanja, announced the suspension of industrial action after the federal government suspended […]

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NBTE to discontinue physical accreditation of institutions in August

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 22, 2024

The National Board for Technical Education has completely transitioned to a digital platform for all quality assurance processes, in line with the Federal Government’s digital-driven policies and the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It stated that there will be no more physical accreditation or other quality assurance actions in each institution it