Agency Name: | National Board for Technical Education |
Type: | Board |
Formed: | 1977 |
Superseding1: | Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education |
Jurisdiction: | Federal Government of Nigeria |
Headquarters: | Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
Motto: | Education for Self Reliance |
The National Board for Technical Education, otherwise known as NBTE, is a Nigerian board of education which supervises, regulates and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic and monotechnic levels through an accreditation process.[1] [2] It was established by Act No 9 of 11 July 1977 with the aim of "providing standardised minimum guide curricula for Technical and Vocational Education and Training".[3]
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted approval to the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, for the commencement of Open and Distance Flexible in Ede E-Learning.[4]