As the January 2023 deadline for implementation of the Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System, IBASS, approaches, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has commenced training of all administrative staff of tertiary institutions to keep them abreast with its operations.
The training, which was conducted simultaneously in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, had in attendance most of the vice chancellors, provosts, rectors and other administrative staff of tertiary institutions in attendance.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who declared the North Central Zonal workshop open through a virtual conference at the College of Education, Zuba, Abuja, assured that correspondence between JAMB and individual institutions would be individualised.
Oloyede explained that such communication would not be open to third parties like in the case of WhatsApp.
“We discovered that we spend our time attending to letters from some major stakeholders of the board, notably, National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). Apart from these stakeholders, we also receive correspondences from 890 institutions across the country.
“The regulatory agencies often appeal to us for approval of new programmes and accreditation of programmes. And what we receive from institutions is essentially about admissions and registration or accreditation of new courses or quota issue.
“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,” he said.
Welcoming participants to the North Central workshop, Dr Sule Mundi, Provost, College of Education, Zuba, lauded JAMB for innovations in its test system.
Mudi said the new initiative would go a long way in further strengthening education in the country.
“Oloyede is really a reformer in JAMB, as he has put every system in place to reduce to the barest minimum hardened corruption and ineptitude in the examination body.
“I have no doubt that your impressive turn-out by the show of attendance and intention for participation at this training is a testimony of your appreciation of the invaluable role of JAMB in continuously finding ways to improve methods of identifying and placing suitably qualified candidates in the available places in all our schools.
“This meeting and training is intended to brainstorm on interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System otherwise refer to as the Interactive Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS),” he said.
