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SECTION 4 | SUPPLY OF LABOUR
Labour Market Information Bulletin - Volume 1/2020

SECTION - 4.3 | National Vocational

Qualification (NVQ)

The highest number of NVQ certificates of the public sector training institutes was issued for courses conducted
by Vocational Training Authority in the 1st half of 2020. It was 3,882. As per table 4.3.2, Private sector recorded
29 percent of the total number of NVQ certificate recipients in the 1st half of 2020. Furthermore, female recipients
were higher than male recipients only for National Youth Services Council of the public sector training institutes.
As shown in the table 4.3.3, 10.6 percent of the total number of NVQ certificates were issued qualification through
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) method.

Table 4.3.1: Number of NVQ Certificates Issued by Training Provider (2010 - 1st half of
2020)
1st half
Institute 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
of 2020
DTET 1,225 1,607 1,316 2,932 3,481 4,171 4,169 6,104 8,818 11,199 3,355

NAITA 3,546 3,998 4,588 6,085 6,196 11,787 11,182 8,798 13,755 11,387 2,497
VTA 4,883 7,445 7,139 6,262 7,711 10,484 17,517 23,890 20,810 25,696 3,882

NYSC 350 424 534 656 720 1,244 1,957 1,219 1,780 1,933 675
Private 3,227 3,098 4,534 6,920 10,438 16,462 12,192 25,201 15,987 27,792 4,198
Total 13,231 16,572 18,111 22,855 28,546 44,148 47,017 65,212 61,150 78,007 14,607

Source: Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission- NVQ Certificate Printing System
Note: NVQ recipient may obtain more than one certificate.
Graph 4.3.1: Number of NVQ Certificates issued from 2010 to 2019

90,000
78,007
80,000
No. of Certificates 60,000 44,148 47,017 61,150
65,212
70,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000 16,572 22,855 28,546
13,231
10,000 18,111
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Year
Table 4.3.2: Number of NVQ Certificate Recipients Graph 4.3.2: Number of NVQ Certificate
According to Training Provider by Gender in the Recipients According to Training Provider
1st half of 2020 by Gender in the 1st half of 2020
Recipient
Institute
Male Female Total
DTET 1,940 1,222 3,162

NAITA 1,303 897 2,200
VTA 1,877 1,361 3,238

NYSC 182 370 552
PVT 1,678 2,056 3,734

Total 6,980 5,906 12,886

Source: Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission NVQ Division

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