NTBE Warns Against Fake HND And ND Certificates

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.

In a statement issued by the Executive Secretary (ES) of NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, through the Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Fatima Abubakar, the NBTE expressed concern over the activities of certain professional and examination bodies purporting to design, conduct, and award ND and HND certificates in various disciplines.

Bugaje described such actions as illegal and a violation of the NBTE’s Establishment Act, stressing that the Board remains the only body legally empowered by the Federal Government to approve, accredit, and regulate all programmes leading to the award of ND and HND certificates in Nigeria.

The Board clarified that only accredited Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions including polytechnics, colleges of nursing sciences, colleges of health, colleges of agriculture, and other specialised institutions that meet prescribed standards  are authorised to run ND and HND programmes.

NBTE warned that it would not hesitate to take regulatory and legal action against any professional or examination body found engaging in such illegal practices.