The National Business and Technical Examinations Board says the federal government’s policy to promote technical education will create jobs and wealth and boost Nigeria’s industrialisation drive.

NABTEB’s registrar, Mohammed Mohammed, said this at the Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC), Awka, on Wednesday.

Mr Mohammed was at the institution to monitor the ongoing NABTEB 2026 May/June in-school National Business Certificate and National Technical Certificate examinations.

“In terms of practical work, where Nigeria is heading is better off because students must have a skill after technical education. Automatically, after you graduate from a technical school, you will become self-reliant.

“Technical education is the right way to go because you will not graduate and roam the streets. You will start something on your own because you have acquired the necessary skills,” he said.

According to him, graduates must have acquired skills in automobiles, woodwork, basic electricity, and electrical/electronics.

He said that there was the need to tailor the minds of the younger generation to technical education to boost the country’s economy toward industrialisation.

“You will be self-reliant to create jobs and wealth for yourself and others,” he said.

The registrar warned that Nigeria was already running late in utilising its local content for development compared with other developing nations.

He, however, expressed satisfaction with the ongoing nationwide examinations, adding that no fewer than 226 students from the FSTC, Awka, registered for the examinations, while 167,000 candidates are sitting for them nationwide.

(NAN)