IBASS: JAMB Commences Automation of Curriculum, Admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the commencement of the automation of curriculum, accreditation, admission, and general administration matters.
With the introduction JAMB, tertiary institutions and their regulatory agencies, will only communicate 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, on Monday.
He said from the 1st of January 2023, the board will not receive any letter from any institution or agency except through IBASS.
He noted that IBASS will ensure seamless communication between JAMB, institutions and their regulatory agencies without the use of letter writing as the practice has been.
According to him,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 stated.
He explained that the board felt 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 can apply same to admission and accreditation matters related to regulatory agencies and tertiary institutions.
“With this platform if NUC approves admission quota, it would be centralised in such a way that as soon as you see approved, everybody will see it and there is no need to write to JAMB. Before now, registrars of institutions had no say, they have been complaining that they want to know what the Board have been doing and a platform has been created for them, they may not be able to effect changes but will see everything,” he said.
He noted that the platform will improve efficiency of all the operations of the board.
Speaking, the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, said in the last 6 years, JAMB has built a strong relationship with regulatory agencies and institutions of higher learning in the country.
He expressed that the cordial relationship has yielded many mutual benefits including the setting up of the platforms.