The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced
the automation of curriculum, accreditation admission, and general
administration matters between the board, tertiary institutions and their
regulatory agencies through its Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System,
IBASS.
JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Monday
at a meeting with regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions from the North
and Southern regions at JAMB headquarters, Bwari, FCT Abuja.
Oloyede said the board would only receive letters from
institutions or agencies through IBASS from the 1st of January, 2023.
He noted that IBASS would ensure seamless communication
between JAMB, institutions and their regulatory agencies without using letter
writing as the practice has been.
He further stated that the automation of curriculum,
accreditation and general administration matters among JAMB, regulatory
agencies and institutions will provide personalised services to the
institutions and agencies as only JAMB and the institution will be able to see
any communication on the platform.
“We discovered that we spend our time attending to letters
from some major stakeholders of the board and the major stakeholders are
essentially regulatory agencies: NUC, NBTE and NCCE. Apart from these
stakeholders, we also receive from 890 institutions across the country.
“Essentially, the regulatory agencies appeal to us for
approval of new programmes and accreditation of programmes. And what we receive
from institutions is essentially about admission and registration or
accreditation of new courses or quota issue,” he said.
The JAMB boss said the board felt that having been able to
augment its communication with over two million students across tertiary
institutions in the country through its Central Admission Processing System,
CAPS, it can apply the same to admission and accreditation matters related to
regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of the National
Universities Commission, NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, said in the last six
years, JAMB has built a strong relationship with regulatory agencies and
institutions of higher learning in the country.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of the National Board
for Technical Education, NBTE, Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje, said the
introduction of IBASS and CAPS was the way to go as the nation requires
digitisation of all its communication.
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of the National
Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, Prof Paulinus Chijioke Okwelle,
noted that the platform would make the admission process seamless.
Okwelle commended the JAMB registrar on the many initiatives
taken to reduce delay and improve efficiency, adding that IBASS will address
challenges and improve efficiency in the admission process.
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