The National Board for Technical Education has trained Registrars, Data Management Units and Directors of ICT of Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions to advance digital transformation across the sector.
The one-day sensitisation and train-the-trainer workshop held in Kaduna focused on Enterprise Resource Planning, NBTE digital quality assurance, and NBTE data management systems developed to support the board’s digital transformation agenda.
Declaring the training open, the Executive Secretary of NBTE, Professor Idris Bugaje, said the platforms were central to the successful digitalisation of the board’s processes.
Bugaje, represented by his Technical Assistant and Head of ICT, Dr. Babangida Albaba, explained that key stakeholders were mobilised to implement digital processes in their respective institutions.
He disclosed that the data management system was designed to allow institutions upload legacy data, adding that once the ERP is fully implemented across all TVET institutions, the need for separate data portals would be eliminated.
According to him, the ERP would replace existing portals used for data generation, gathering, management and analysis, creating a unified and efficient system for institutional data handling.
Bugaje said the NBTE digital quality assurance platform was equally critical, as it would fully digitalise the board’s quality assurance processes, noting that reliable and clean data was essential for informed decision making.
He stressed that beyond data availability, NBTE required accurate data to effectively regulate institutions, monitor programmes and guide policy implementation in the education sector.
The platforms, he said, would enable NBTE to access first hand information from admission through graduation, allowing the board to track students’ progression across institutions.
According to him, this would strengthen NBTE’s regulatory functions and support the federal government in the proper implementation of education policies.
Bugaje added that the new system would eliminate unnecessary human interference, including the practice of institutions sponsoring visiting teams, which he described as uncalled for.
He explained that institutions would now upload all required documentation on the digital platform for online processing, while only a limited number of officials would be deployed for physical verification.
“This will bring sanity, accountability and transparency to the accreditation process,” he said.
Bugaje reiterated that NBTE’s core mandate is to regulate TVET institutions in Nigeria, with a vision to become a world class regulatory body and a mission to promote skilled technical and professional manpower for national development.