This is to inform the general public that the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the 2026 NABTEB Timetable for the May/June National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations.
2026 NABTEB Timetable Exam Date
According to the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), the NBC/NTC examinations will commence on Monday, 15th June 2026, and end on Monday, 13th July 2026.
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The 2026 NABTEB timetable is in the attached PDF. Follow the link below to download the PDF version. [The PDF version contains the paper code and duration for each subject].
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NABTEB 2026 May/June NBC/NTC Examination Timetable
Monday, 15th June 2026
Textile Trades – Spinning (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Electronics Works (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Agricultural Equipment and Implement Mechanics Works (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:40pm
Plumbing & Pipe Fitting (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Textile Trades – Surface Design & Textile Printing (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Leather Trades – Footwear Manufacture (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 3:40pm
Printing Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Men’s Garment Making – Garment Construction and Finishing (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
General Wood Work (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Appliance Maintenance and Repairs – Domestic and Office Machines (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Vehicle Body Building (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Marine Engineering Craft (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:10pm
Salesmanship (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:50pm
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Tuesday, 16th June 2026
Machine Wood Working (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
General Metal Work (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Literature-in-English (Drama & Poetry)
12:00noon – 2:00pm
Basic Electricity (Objective & Essay)
2:00pm – 4:40pm
Building/Engineering Drawing (Objective)
4:40pm – 5:20pm
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Wednesday, 17th June 2026
Ship Building Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Fabrication and Welding (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:10pm
Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Leather Trades – Leather Tanning (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:10pm
Photographic Practice (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Carpentry and Joinery (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Painting & Decorating (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Agricultural Equipment & Implements (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:10pm
Textile Trades – Weaving (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Draughtsmanship Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Financial Accounting (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:30pm
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Thursday, 18th June 2026
Biology (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:20am
Animal Science (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:30pm
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Friday, 19th June 2026
Government (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Chemistry (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Saturday, 20th June 2026
Physics (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:45am
Computer Craft Studies (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 3:00pm
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Monday, 22nd June 2026
Economics (Objective & Essay)
1:30pm – 4:50pm
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Tuesday, 23rd June 2026
Mathematics (Objective)
9:00am – 10:30am
Mathematics (Essay)
10:30am – 1:00pm
Information & Communications Technology – ICT (Objective & Essay)
2:00pm – 4:40pm
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Wednesday, 24th June 2026
English Language (Obj/Test of Orals)
9:00am – 10:40am
English Language (Essay Writing)
10:40am – 1:10pm
Civic Education (Objective & Essay)
2:00pm – 4:30pm
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Thursday, 25th June 2026
Commerce (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:20pm
Further Mathematics (Objective & Essay)
12:20pm – 2:05pm
Further Mathematics (Objective & Essay)
2:05pm – 4:35pm
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Friday, 26th June 2026
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Works (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Graphic Arts – Graphic Design (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:10am
Instrument Mechanics Works (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Appliance Maintenance and Repairs – Electrical/Medical Appliances and Projectors Maintenance (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Leather Trades – Leather Goods Manufacture (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:10am
Textile Trades – Bleaching, Dyeing & Finishing (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Animal Husbandry (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Fisheries (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Ceramic – Ceramic and Design (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am
Agricultural Science (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Saturday, 27th June 2026
Geography (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Tourism (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Catering Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Automobile Electrical Works (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Furniture Making (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Cosmetology (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Light Vehicle Body Repair Works (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Foundry Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Ladies Garment Making – Garment Construction and Finishing (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Introduction to Building Construction (Objective & Essay)
12:00noon – 2:40pm
Christian Religious Studies (Objective & Essay)
2:40pm – 5:10pm
Islamic Studies (Objective & Essay)
2:40pm – 5:10pm
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Monday, 29th June 2026
Computer Craft Studies (Practical Alt B)
12:30pm – 3:30pm
Animal Science (Practical Alt B)
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Tuesday, 30th June 2026
Leather Trades – Leather Goods Manufacture (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Marine Engineering Craft (Practical)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Agricultural Equipment and Implements (Practical)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Shorthand 80 W.P.M. (Passages)
9:00am – 10:40am
Ship Building Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Ceramics – Ceramics and Design (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm
Electronics Works (Practical)
9:00am – 12:00noon
Cosmetology (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Catering Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm
Leather Trades – Leather Tanning (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Machine Wood Working (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm
Printing Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Painting and Decorating (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
Textile Trades – Weaving (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Wednesday, 1st July 2026
Basic Electricity (Practical)
2:20pm – 5:20pm
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Thursday, 2nd July 2026
Agricultural Science (Practical Alt B)
12:45pm – 2:45pm
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Friday, 3rd July 2026
Agricultural Science (Practical)
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, 4th July 2026
Chemistry (Practical)
9:00am – 11:00am
Building/Engineering Drawing (Practical)
12:00noon – 3:00pm
Physics (Practical Alt B)
3:00pm – 5:45pm
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Monday, 6th July 2026
Animal Husbandry (Practical)
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Draughtsmanship Craft Practice (Alt. to Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Automobile Electrical Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Fabrication and Welding (Practical)
1:00pm – To be arranged
Fisheries (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Photographic Practice (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Appliance Maintenance and Repairs – Electrical/Medical Appliances and Projector Maintenance (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Tuesday, 7th July 2026
Typewriting 3SW.P.M. (Practical)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
Vehicle Body Building (Practical)
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Light Vehicle Body Repair Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Agricultural Equipment and Mechanics Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
General Wood Work (Practical)
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Instrument Mechanics Works (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Computer Craft Studies (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Appliance Maintenance and Repairs – Domestic and Office Machines Maintenance (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Wednesday, 8th July 2026
Geography (Practical & Physical Geography)
9:00am – 11:00am
Physics (Practical)
1:00pm – 3:45pm
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Thursday, 9th July 2026
Literature-in-English (Objective & Prose)
9:00am – 11:00am
Furniture Making (Practical)
9:00am – 3:30pm
Foundry Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – To be arranged
Biology (Practical Alt B)
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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Friday, 10th July 2026
Information & Communications Technology – ICT (Practical)
3:00pm – 6:00pm
Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Practical)
To be arranged
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Saturday, 11th July 2026
Biology (Practical)
9:00am – 11:00am
Textile Trades – Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Office Practice (Objective & Essay)
11:00am – 2:20pm
Graphic Arts – Graphic Design (Practical)
11:00am – 6:00pm
Bricklaying, Blocklaying and Concreting (Practical)
11:30am – 5:30pm
Men’s Garment Making – Garment Construction and Finishing (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Textile Trades – Spinning (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Carpentry and Joinery (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Leather Trades – Footwear Manufacture (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Ladies Garment Making – Garment Construction and Finishing (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
General Metal Work (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Textile Trades – Surface Design & Textile Printing (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm
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Monday, 13th July 2026
Animal Science (Practical)
10:00am – 12:00noon
Information and Communications Technology (Practical Alt B)
12:00noon – 3:00pm
Chemistry (Practical Alt B)
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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The 2026 NABTEB timetable is contained in the attached PDF file below. Follow the link below to download the PDF version. [The PDF version contains the paper code and duration for each subject].
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About NABTEB
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) continues to shape Nigeria’s technical and vocational education system. Established in 1992, NABTEB provides students with practical skills and certifications that lead directly to job opportunities or advanced training.
As the 2026 NABTEB timetable becomes available, students must begin their preparation early. The 2026 NABTEB timetable clearly outlines each exam date and subject, allowing candidates to structure their revision and manage their time wisely. Moreover, staying updated with changes or adjustments of the 2026 NABTEB timetable helps improve preparation performance.
In addition, schools and educators should encourage students to follow the 2026 NABTEB timetable closely. With the right strategy and consistent effort, candidates can maximize their chances of success. Ultimately, 2026 NABTEB timetable offers more than just exams, it provides a pathway to technical competence and long-term career growth.
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Thanks so much for the timetable