The National Board for Technical Education has fully transitioned to a digital platform for all quality assurance processes, aligning with the Federal Government’s digital-driven policies and the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
It said efective August 2024, there will be no more physical accreditation or other quality assurance activities in the institutions under its purview.
The NBTE is a board of education that supervises, regulates, and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic, and monotechnic levels through an accreditation process in Nigeria.
According to a statement from the board, the digitalisation policy has recorded success, with a substantial increase in institutions and stakeholders engaging with the digital system, now totaling 489.
The board, in the statement by the Head of Media Unit, Fatima Abubakar, in Kaduna on Sunday, said it has also completed digital assessments and documentation processes for 17 institutions across the six geo-political zones, with approvals granted accordingly.
It further noted that digital monitoring has been introduced to ensure strict compliance with established standards.
The NBTE’s digitalisation drive, led by the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Bugaje, aims to deliver more efficient, effective, and transparent quality assurance processes, ensuring cost-effectiveness and integrity, the statement added.
