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 at a meeting with regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions from the North and Southern regions at JAMB headquarters, Bwari, yesterday.
He said from the 1st of January 2023, the board will not receive any letter from any institution or agency except through IBASS.
Oloyede noted that IBASS would ensure seamless communication between JAMB, institutions and their regulatory agencies without the use of letter writing as the practice has been.
He 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.”
Also, the executive secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, said in the last 6 years, JAMB had built a strong relationship with regulatory agencies and institutions of higher learning in the country.
Rasheed expressed the belief that the cordial relationship has yielded many mutual benefits including the setting up of the platforms.
He stressed that communication as a tool for organisational efficiency can never be overemphasized, while commending JAMB for setting up CAPS and IBASS as that will improve efficiency and smooth operations of JAMB.
