We would like to inform all candidates that the timetable for the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) 2025 November/December Certificate Examination has now been released.

The NABTEB timetable serves as the most important resource for all candidates getting ready for the November/December National Business Certificate (NBC)/ National Technical Certificate (NTC) and General Education Advanced National Business Certificate (ANBC)/ Advanced National Technical Certificate (ANTC) Examinations.

As per the NABTEB 2025 GCE Timetable, the exams are set to begin on Monday, 3rd November, and will conclude on Saturday, 6th December 2025.

Monday, 3rd November 2025

Advanced Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Practical)
To be arranged (20hrs)

Advanced Photographic Practice (Practical)
12:00noon – 3:00pm

Ceramics (Ceramics and Design) (Practical)
12:00noon – 4:00pm
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Tuesday, 4th November 2025

Advanced Footwear Manufacture (Leather Trade) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Weaving (Textile Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Leather Tanning (Leather Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Surface Design & Textile Printing (Textile Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Bleaching, Dyeing & Finishing (Textile Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Catering Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm

Painting and Decorating (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Wednesday, 5th November 2025

Advanced Surface Design & Printing of Textile (Textile Trades) (Practical)
To be arranged (18hrs)

Photographic Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Practical)
To be arranged (20hrs)

Foundry Craft Practice (Practical)
To be arranged (15hrs)

Fabrication and Welding (Practical)
To be arranged (30hrs)
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Thursday, 6th November 2025

Advanced Bricklaying/Blocklaying and Concreting (Practical)
9:00am – 3:30pm

Advanced Foundry Craft Practice (Practical)
To be arranged (20hrs)

Advanced Furniture Making (Practical)
To be arranged (18hrs)

Advanced Machine Wood Working (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Painting and Decorating (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Plumbing and Pipe Fitting (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Ladies Garment Making (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Catering Craft Practice (Food, Beverages and Confectionery Practice) (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm

Advanced Printing Craft (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Building/Engineering Drawing (Practical)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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Friday, 7th November 2025

Computer Craft Studies (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Shorthand (140 W.P.M.) (Practical)
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, 8th November 2025

Machine Wood Working (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Shorthand (80 W.P.M.) (Practical)
9:00am – 10:40am

Ship Building Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Appliance Maintenance and Repairs (Domestic & Office Machines Maintenance) (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Leather Goods Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Ladies Garment Making (Garment Construction and Finishing) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Cosmetology (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Carpentry and Joinery (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Bricklaying/Blocklaying and Concreting (Practical)
9:00am – 3:30pm

Men’s Garment Making (Garment Construction and Finishing) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Furniture Making (Practical)
9:00am – 3:30pm

Leather Goods Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Spinning (Textile Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Graphic Design (Graphic Arts) (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm
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Monday, 10th November 2025

Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Automobile Electrical Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Agricultural Equipment and Mechanics Works (Intro. to Agric Science, Implements and Machines) (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Instrument Mechanics Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Appliance Maintenance and Repairs (Electrical/Medical Appliances and Projectors Maintenance) (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Advanced Agric Equipment & Implement Mechanics Works (Practical)
12noon – 2:30pm

Advanced Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Advanced Electronics Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Advanced Fisheries (Alternative to Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Draughtsmanship Craft Practice (Alternative to Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Animal Husbandry (Alternative to Practical)
12noon – 2:30pm

Fisheries (Alternative to Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Marine Engineering Craft (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm

Electronics Works (Practical)
12noon – 3:00pm
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Tuesday, 11th November 2025

Biology (Alternative to Practical)
9:00am – 11:00am

Advanced Men’s Garment Making (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Marine Engineering Craft (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Computer Craft Studies (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon
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Wednesday, 12th November 2025

Advanced Shorthand (120 W.P.M.)
9:00am – 11:00am

Advanced Leather Tanning (Leather Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Yarn Production (Textile Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Graphic Design (Graphic Arts) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Ceramics and Design (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Advanced Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Advanced Fabrication and Welding (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Chemistry (Alternative to Practical)
9:00am – 11:00am

Geography (Practical Geography)
12noon – 2:00pm

Animal Science (Alternative to Practical)
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Thursday, 13th November 2025

Vehicle Body Building (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Light Vehicle Body Repair Works (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

General Wood Work (Practical)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Agricultural Equipment & Implement Mechanics Works (Tractor System) (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Typewriting (35 W.P.M.)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Works (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Vehicle Body Building (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Advanced Animal Husbandry (Alternative to Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Carpentry and Joinery (Practical)
9:00am – 4:00pm

Footwear Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm

Printing Craft Practice (Practical)
9:00am – 3:00pm
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Friday, 14th November 2025

Basic Electricity (Practical)
9:00am – 12noon

Advanced Mechanical Engineering Science (Alternative to Practical)
9:00am – 11:30am

Advanced Typewriting (50 W.P.M. or 60 W.P.M.)
9:00am – 12noon

Physics (Alternative to Practical)
3:00pm – 5:45pm
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Saturday, 15th November 2025

Agricultural Science (Practical)
9:00am – 11:00am

General Metal Work (Practical)
11:00am – 5:00pm

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Monday, 24th November 2025

Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 4:00pm

Automobile Electrical Works (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Furniture Making (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Furniture Making (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 3:00pm

Commerce (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 3:20pm

Advanced Commerce (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 3:30pm

Cosmetology (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Light Vehicle Body Repair Works (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Foundry Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Foundry Craft Practice (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 3:30pm

Ladies Garment Making (Garment Construction and Finishing) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Ladies Garment Making (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 3:00pm

Appliance Maintenance and Repairs (Domestic and Office Machines Maintenance) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Introduction to Building Construction (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:20pm

Machine Wood Working (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Machine Wood Working (Short Structured & Essay)
12noon – 3:00pm
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Tuesday, 25th November 2025

Engineering Drawing and Design (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 1:00pm

Biology (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:20am

Literature in English (Objective & Prose)
12:30pm – 2:30pm

Appliance Maintenance and Repairs (Electrical/Medical Appliances and Projectors Maintenance) (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm

Electronics Works (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm

Vehicle Body Building (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm

Advanced Vehicle Body Building (Short Structured & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm

Ship Building Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm

Bleaching, Dyeing & Finishing (Textile Trades) (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:40pm
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Wednesday, 26th November 2025

Catering Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Catering Craft Practice (Food, Beverages & Confectionery Practice) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Works (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Works (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Instrument Mechanics Works (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Electronics Work (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Computer Craft Studies (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Computer Craft Studies (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Financial Accounting (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Advanced Financial Accounting (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Agricultural Equipment and Implement Mechanics Works (Intro. to Agric Science, Implement and Machines) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:10pm

Advanced Agricultural Equipment and Implement Mechanics Works (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Fabrication and Welding (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:10pm

Advanced Fabrication and Welding (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Electrical Installation and Maintenance (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Animal Science (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:30pm
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Thursday, 27th November 2025

Chemistry (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:30am

Mechanical Engineering Science (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 11:30am

Photographic Practice (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Photographic Practice (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:30pm

Draughtsmanship Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Draughtsmanship Craft Practice (Short Structured & Practical)
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Bricklaying/Blocklaying and Concreting (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Bricklaying/Blocklaying and Concreting (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Leather Tanning (Leather Trades) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Leather Tanning (Leather Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Carpentry & Joinery (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Carpentry and Joinery (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Painting & Decorating (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Painting and Decorating (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Weaving (Textile Trades) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Fabric Production (Textile Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Agric Equip & Instrument Mechanics Works (Tractor System) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 3:10pm

Men’s Garment Making (Garment Construction and Finishing) (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 2:40pm

Advanced Men’s Garment Making (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Salesmanship (Objective & Essay)
12noon – 3:20pm

Advanced Salesmanship (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 4:30pm
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Friday, 28th November 2025

Plumbing & Pipe Fitting (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Plumbing & Pipe Fitting (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Spinning (Textile Trades) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Yarn Production (Textile Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Footwear Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Footwear Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Printing Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Printing Craft Practice (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Marine Engineering Craft (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Marine Engineering Craft (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

General Wood Work (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Physics (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:45pm
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Saturday, 29th November 2025

Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Leather Goods Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Leather Goods Manufacture (Leather Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Surface Design & Textile Printing (Textile Trades) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Surface Design and Printing of Textile (Textile Trades) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Graphic Arts (Graphic Design) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:10am

Advanced Graphic Design (Graphic Arts) (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Tourism (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Tourism (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Animal Husbandry (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Animal Husbandry (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Fisheries (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:40am

Advanced Fisheries (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Ceramics (Ceramics and Design) (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:20am

Advanced Ceramics and Design (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Office Practice (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12:20pm

Advanced Secretarial Duties (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Office Management (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12:30pm

Basic Electricity (Objective & Essay)
1:00pm – 3:40pm
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Monday, 1st December 2025

Economics (Objective & Essay)
10:30am – 1:50pm

Advanced Economics (Short Structured & Essay)
10:30am – 1:30pm

Agricultural Science (Objective & Essay)
2:30pm – 5:00pm

Advanced Building Drawing (Short Structured & Essay)
1:00pm – 5:00pm
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Tuesday, 2nd December 2025

English Language (Objective/Test of Orals)
9:00am – 10:40am

English Language (Essay Writing, Comprehension & Summary)
10:40am – 1:10pm

Advanced English Language (Essay Writing, Comprehension & Summary)
9:00am – 12noon

General Metal Work (Objective & Essay)
2:00pm – 4:40pm
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Wednesday, 3rd December 2025

Mathematics (Objective)
9:00am – 10:30am

Mathematics (Essay)
10:30am – 1:00pm

Advanced Mathematics (Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (Objective & Essay)
2:00pm – 4:40pm
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Thursday, 4th December 2025

Government (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Further Mathematics (Objective)
12noon – 1:45pm

Further Mathematics (Essay)
1:45pm – 4:15pm
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Friday, 5th December 2025

Building Science (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Civic Education (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 11:30am

Christian Religious Studies (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:30pm

Islamic Studies (Objective & Essay)
3:00pm – 5:30pm
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Saturday, 6th December 2025

Geography (Objective & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Business/Construction Management (Short Structured & Essay)
9:00am – 12noon

Building/Engineering Drawing (Objective)
12:30pm – 1:10pm

Literature in English (Drama & Poetry)
1:30pm – 3:30pm

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