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NABTEB releases 2026 NBC/NTC results, records 81% pass rate

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  • Nigeria’s NABTEB released the 2026 June/July National Business Certificate and National Technical Certificate results, reporting an 81.24% pass rate for candidates earning at least five credits including English and mathematics.
  • The result improved from 68.18% in 2025, while 91.53% earned five credits with or without the two subjects.
  • NABTEB reported 847 candidates involved in 1,554 malpractice incidents and warned candidates to use only its official result-checking platform.

Nigeria’s National Business and Technical Examinations Board has released the 2026 June/July National Business Certificate and National Technical Certificate results, recording a marked improvement in performance.

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Aminu Mohammed said 79,503 of the 97,863 graded candidates, or 81.24%, earned at least five credits including English Language and Mathematics. The comparable figure in 2025 was 68.18%, when 61,104 candidates met that standard.

A total of 89,580 candidates, or 91.53%, obtained five credits with or without English and Mathematics, up from 83.28% in 2025. Mohammed said 24,128 candidates, representing 24.65% of those graded, were certified as craftsmen.

The improvement recorded in the 2026 examination is encouraging and demonstrates the collective efforts of candidates, teachers, schools, parents and the wider education system

— Aminu MohammedNABTEB’s registrar commented on the higher pass rate compared with 2025.

The board said 100,069 candidates registered for the examinations, while 97,867 sat for them, producing a 97.80% attendance rate. NABTEB released the results 52 days after the last paper, which Mohammed described as evidence of the board’s commitment to timely service.

The registrar reported 847 candidates linked to 1,554 examination malpractice incidents, equal to 1.55% of candidates who sat for the examinations. He said the figure was lower than in 2025 and credited the board’s measures to curb malpractice. Mohammed warned candidates against people claiming they could alter or upgrade results, saying, “No individual has the authority to change a candidate’s legitimately awarded result.”

No individual has the authority to change a candidate’s legitimately awarded result

— Aminu MohammedThe registrar warned candidates against fraudsters offering to alter or upgrade examination results.
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