The National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, has cautioned all professional and examination bodies in Nigeria to desist from the illegal conduct and award of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates.
The NBTE’s head of Media and Publicity, Fatima Abubakar, said this to Newsmen this Friday.
Abubakar says the Executive Secretary of the NBTE, Idris Bugaje, had issued a circular, expressing concern over the activities of certain professional and examination bodies purporting to design, conduct, and award ND and HND certificates in various disciplines.
He described such actions as illegal and a violation of the NBTE’s establishing Act, saying the NBTE remains the only body legally empowered to approve, accredit, and regulate all programmes leading to the award of ND and HND certificates in Nigeria.
