Oloyede said the automation of curriculum, admission, and others among JAMB, regulatory agencies and institutions would provide personalised services.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday announced the automation of curriculum, accreditation, admission, and general administration matters between the board, tertiary institutions and their regulatory agencies.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this would be made possible by the Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System (IBASS).
The board disclosed this at a meeting with regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions from the Northern and Southern regions in Abuja.
Oloyede said from January 1, 2023, the board would not receive any letter from any institution or agency except through IBASS.
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He said that IBASS would ensure seamless communication between JAMB, institutions and their regulatory agencies without the use of letter writing as the practice had been.
He further said that the automation of curriculum, admission, accreditation and general administration matters among JAMB, regulatory agencies and institutions would provide personalised services to the institutions and agencies as only JAMB and the institution would 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 such as NUC, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (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 added that having been able to augment its communication with over 2 million students across tertiary institutions in the country through its Central Admission Processing System (CAPS), it could apply same to admission and accreditation matters related to regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions.
Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abubakar Rasheed, praised JAMB for the initiative.