New NBTE board gets 4-point mandate to transform TVET

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Governing Board of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), marking the reconstitution of the NBTE Governing Board after more than five years without one.
Media aide to the Minister of Education, IKharo Attah, in a statement, indicated that the Minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa, inaugurated the Board on Wednesday, in Abuja and handed them a four-point agenda aimed at accelerating reforms in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.
The minister charged the board to provide the strategic leadership needed to reposition technical education as a key driver of industrialisation, job creation ...