The youths drawn from the 13 local government areas of the state, received the tools (starter-packs) during the closing ceremony of the National Skills (N-Skills) training on smartphone repairs and services in Abakaliki.
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The Board said the directive became necessary following the discovery that relevant government policies on A/ Level programmes do not permit NABTEB from conducting Advanced Level examinations.
The development was disclosed in a statement by Ben Goong, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Education in Abuja on Thursday.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
The Commissioner for Education, Malam Sanusi Kiru, gave the order in a statement on Sunday in Kano by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Yusuf.
The Chairman, Board for Technical and Vocational Education in Ekiti, Hon. Kayode Babade, has identified technical and vocational education as a major key towards improving the economy of the country.
Eighty-four youths have become the latest batch of trainees to emerge from Nigeria LNG’s skill acquisition and capacity building programme, Youth Empowerment Scheme.
A statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said the approval was with immediate effect.
Shilgba, who made the appeal on Sunday, also urged all monitors of the examinations nationwide to name and shame any examination centres, including public and private schools, where malpractices are allowed to happen.
The Chairman of the newly inaugurated Governing Board of NABTEB, Prof. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, gave the assurance on Wednesday while reacting to a press statement titled: “MRA Confers NABTEB with FOI ‘Hall of Shame’ Award for Violating Its Obligations under FOI Act.”