The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) says only 39 per cent of candidates who sat for the 2025 entrance examination into Federal Technical Colleges scored 50 per cent and above.
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Dr Aminu Mohammed, disclosed this while announcing the results of the recently conducted National Common Entrance Examination on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
The announcement marked the commencement of a three-day exercise for the selection and placement of students into the colleges.
Mohammed, while speaking in Benin, the capital of Edo State, stated that the 39 per cent pass rate accounted for 9,389 of the total 24,074 candidates who participated in the examination.
Mohammed added that only 1.31 per cent, representing 316 candidates, scored 70 per cent and above in the technical examination.
The NABTEB boss said: “Furthermore, 316 candidates accounting for 1.31 per cent attained scores of 70 per and above, while 14,685 candidates constituting 61 per cent scored below 50 per cent.
“Additionally, the results indicated that eight candidates representing 0.03 per cent achieved the highest rank.”
Mohammed urged stakeholders participating in the selection and placement exercise to carefully identify and admit students best suited to benefit from the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes offered by the colleges.
