The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has ranked the Polytechnic Ibadan as the fourth best polytechnic in Nigeria.
Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo, was ranked as the best in the country.
Masa’udu Kazaure, executive secretary of the board, made this known in Kaduna on Thursday.
Kazaure said the polytechnic emerged the best after scoring 85.08 percent in the assessment of 112 federal, state and private polytechnics in the country.
He said the exercise covered the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions.
Kazaure said the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro came second with 73.08 percent while Kaduna Polytechnic came third with 72.31 percent.
Other polytechnics in the top 10 include Federal Polytechnic Bida is fifth while Auchi Polytechnic is ranked sixth.
Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, is seventh while Federal Polytechnic Offa, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic and Yaba College of Technology jointly occupy the eighth position.
Federal Polytechnic Oko was ranked 11th while Federal Polytechnic, Idah, is 12th best in Nigeria.
