NABTEB Exams entry Guide

This NABTEB Exams entry guide is issued with other documents for the May/June Certificate Examinations SSCE. It contains instructions for easy completion of the Entry Documents in to NABTEB Exams. It should be carefully studied to ensure that the correct entry schedule is used for business and technical candidates for preliminary enrolment before the actual on-line registration in NABTEB exams.

Principals and Heads of Institutions are advised to be particularly careful when making entries in order to ensure that information supplied by them are adequate and correct in every detail, as the Board will not entertain requests for corrections on entries, which have been submitted. To ensure error free entries, the entries after completion should be read to the candidates before submission.

2. COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
(a) Technical Candidates

1. English Language (O01); Mathematics (O02); Physics (O04); and Chemistry (O05) and ICT – Information Communication Technology (O08) are compulsory for Technical Candidates while Economics (O03) and Literature-in-English (O07) are optional for them.
2. Candidates for the under listed Trades can offer Biology as a trade-related subject, but other technical candidates are not allowed to offer Biology. The trades are:

Catering Craft Practice (34O)
Ladies Garment Making (33O)
Men’s Garment Making (32O)
Cosmetology (31O)
Fisheries (20O)
Animal Husbandry (18O)

1. Introduction to Building Construction (211) is a compulsory subject for candidates offering the under listed trades:-
   Carpentry and Joinery (22O)
   Painting and Decorating (25O)
   Plumbing and Pipefitting (26O)
   Draughtmanship Craft Practice (27O)

(b) Business Candidates
English Language (O01); Mathematics (O02); Economics (O03) are compulsory for Business candidates while Physics (O04); Chemistry (O05); Biology (O06), Literature-in-English (O07) and ICT – Information Communication Technology (O08) are optional for them.

3. NABTEB ENTRY SCHEDULES
There are four types of Entry Schedules, namely:
a. EA 60: This is for registration of candidates offering NBTE syllabus in Technical
Trades.
b. EA 61: This is for the registration of candidates offering NBTE syllabus in
Business Trades.
c. EA 62: This is to be used in summarizing entries and fees paid by all NTC candidates
d. EA 63: This is to be used in summarizing entries and fees paid by all NBC candidates.

4. HOW TO MAKE ENTRIES IN THE ENTRY SCHEDULE (i.e. EA 60 and 61)

1. Year: (Space NO. 1) indicate the year in which examination is to be taken by candidates in space No. 1
2. Numbering of Entry Schedules: (Space Number 2) indicate the number of sheets used e.g. if four sheets were used for registration, they should be numbered 1 of 4, 2 of 4, 3 of 4 and 4 of 4.
3. Centre Code: (Space NO. 3) indicate the centre code of your College/School in space NO. 3.
4. College Name: (Space NO. 4) write clearly the college name, address and telephone number in space No. 4.
5. Candidate’s Examination Number: (Column 5-6) should be left blank until candidates’ examination numbers are ascertained from the internet. The numbers should later be filled into the column in line with those in the internet. On no account should the examination number on the entry schedule be different from the one assigned on the internet.
6. Sex: (column 6-7) write “M” for male candidates and “F” for female candidates.
7. Candidate’s Date of Birth: (column 7-8) the day, month and year of candidate’s birth should be represented by 2 digits each. For example, if a candidate’s date of birth is 20th June, 1994, this should be recorded as 20 under day, 06 under month and 94 under year.
8. Candidate’s Names: (column 8-9) candidate’s names should be written in block letters as they are to appear on any certificate to be issued, starting with the first name followed by the middle name and surname last. One blank space should be left after each name. If the spaces are insufficient for a candidate’s names, the middle name should be appropriately abbreviated. The names should be arranged alphabetically, trade by trade.
9. Trade Code (column 9-10): Enter the trade code of each candidate here. When candidates are registered the same trade, a vertical arrow should be used to cover the first and the last candidates offering the same trade.
10. General Education (column 10-11): Mark “X” for the General Education Subject for each candidate here. For candidates offering the same subjects, use a vertical arrow as described in 4 (i) above.
11. General Education (column 10-11a for EA 60 and EA 61): Mark “X” for the trade-related subject codes for technical and Business Candidates here. For candidates offering the same subjects, use a vertical arrow as described in 4 (i) above. Business candidates who wish to offer Biology should enter O06 in the General Education section of the entry schedule. Candidates’ offering technical trades in Catering Craft (34O), Ladies Garment Making (33O), Men’s Garment Making (32O), Cosmetology (31O), Fisheries (20O) and Animal Husbandry (18O) should enter for Biology (O06) in the trade-related section of the entry schedule.
12. Trade components (column 11a-12 for EA 60): These are for technical candidates only. Write the codes of the component on the trade specified in columns 9-10 here. For candidates offering the same subjects, use a vertical arrow as described in 4 (i) above.
    (Column 11a-12 for EA 61): This is for business candidates only. Mark “X” for the business subject codes for each business candidates here. Business and technical candidates who wish to offer Literature-in-English should mark “X” for O07 in the general education section of the entry schedule.
13. Principal’s Name, Signature and Date: The name and signature of the school/college principal or his/her representative should be written and certified with the college official stamp to authenticate the entries in the appropriate spaces provided for record purpose.
14. Summaries of Entries, Total Number of Candidates and Fees Paid:: EA 62 should be used to summarize the entries in EA 60 for NTC candidates.
    EA 63 should be used to summarize the entries in EA 61 for NBC candidates.
    In summarizing the entries, the number of candidates registered for each trade should be indicated in column 1.
    The fees paid by all the candidates in a trade should be entered in column 2.
    If the number of candidates is less than 10 per trade, a practical centre fee of N2,000.00 per trade should be paid and entered in column 3. This should be done for all trades with practical including Shorthand where the number is less than 10.
    The total for each column should be clearly recorded in number 4. Finally, the total amount from columns 2 and 3 should be entered as the grand total in number 5

5. COMPLETION OF MANUAL ENTRY SCHEDULE
Principals should complete Manual Entry Schedule (EA 60 and 61) and the Summary Sheets (EA 62 and 63) which should be taken to the State/Zonal Office.
6. EXAMINATION FEES

7. PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEES
All examination fees for schools/colleges should be paid by Bank drafts drawn from any of the following banks and payable to NABTEB Benin City. (1) UBA Plc (2) First Bank Plc 3) Zenith Bank Plc. (4) Union Bank Plc and (5) Skye Bank Plc.. Schools are free to use a single Bank Draft to cover the fees for all their candidates. The originals and photocopies of the Bank Drafts should be attached to the Summary Sheets (TA 62 and 63) and submitted to NABTEB Zonal Office in Lagos, Benin City, Enugu, Abuja, Kaduna and  Yola, State Offices nationwide or National Headquarters of the Board in Benin City for the purchase of on-line registration scratch cards. All Bank Drafts must bear the name of the school, the State and centre number at the back Note that Bank Tellers will not be accepted. Entries accompanied with Bank Tellers will be rejected.

8. CLOSING DATE: The closing date for the submission of entries is 30th March, 2010. There will be no extension of closing date.

9. REGISTRATION FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, TRADE-RELATED AND TRADE COMPONENTS

10. MULTIPLE ENTRIES:
A candidate is expected to enroll for one trade only.
Multiple entries will be invalidated.

11. AMENDMENT TO ENTRIES
Once an entry document has been submitted, no amendments will be allowed in the entries, Swapping of names and trades/subjects, replacements, change in name, Trade code, Examination Centre, etc.

12. EXAMINATION TIME TABLE
The Board will ensure that examinations take place as provided on the Time Table at various centres. However, changes if any, will be communicated to schools/colleges through the mass media.

13. IRREGULAR ENTRIES
(a) The Board will reject the scripts of any candidate in any paper for which he/she had not been registered.
(b) The practice whereby centres allow candidates who did not enroll for some subject(s) or the entire examinations to write the paper(s) or the examinations will not be allowed.
(C) No results will be issued to candidates who sat for papers for which they were not registered. The principals are advised to report cases such as wrong spelling of names, non-appearance of name in the Marks and Attendance Sheets, duplicated or wrong examination number etc. to the supervisor as soon as such cases are detected.

14. PHOTO-ALBUMS

15. EXAMINATION ENVIRONMENT
Every approved examination centre should provide an examination hall and an overall examinations conducive environment for its candidates during the examinations.

16. REJECTION OF ENTRIES
Entries which do not conform with the Board’s regulations will be rejected.

17. THE RIGHT OF THE BOARD
The Board reserves the right to cancel or withhold the result of any centre in whole or in part. The Board has the right to invalidate entries that do not have passport photographs even when such entries are accompanied with appropriate examination fees. The Board, its employees or agents shall be relieved from all responsibilities for any injury, delay, loss or damage however caused and of whatever kind arising or resulting on their part while acting in the course of/or in connection with the Board’s examinations.

18. COLLECTION OF EXAMINATION MATERIALS
Examination centres are required to collect examination materials from their respective State/Zonal Offices as from 27th April, 2010.

19. LOCKING OF SCHOOL GATES DURING EXAMINATIONS:

20. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Principals should bring the contents of the following instructions to the candidates before the examinations.

21. EXAMINATION RULES:

22. PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS

Candidates for practical examinations are required to provide their own tools. Candidates are expected to exercise great care in the handling and the use of the machines and tools provided. Candidates are to note that the N500.00 paid as practical fee is not for the procurement of the materials, i.e. Cutting List for practical papers. Check out NABTEB Exam Centres