A total of 1, 394 out of the 45,974 candidates who sat for
the Nov/Dec, 2016 NABTEB-organised examinations were
caught over examination malpractice. Mrs Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, the Registrar of NABTEB –
National Business and Technical Examination Board – in
Edo, gave the figure on Tuesday in Benin.
The registrar gave the figure while announcing the
release of the results of the Nov/Dec 2016 National
Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical
Certificate (NTC) examinations. Isiugo-Abanihe said that 21, 476 candidates who sat for
NBC and NTC examinations scored five credits and above,
with English Language and Mathematics. The registrar said that modalities put in place by the
board to curtail examination malpractice were still intact
to reduce the proportion. She said that NBC and NTC had multiple benefits including
serving as certificates with which to secure jobs and
means to obtain admission into tertiary institutions. Isiugi-Abanihe urged state governors to set up technical
and vocational education training centres to empower
the youth.