New online admission: JAMB trains tertiary institutions in N/West platforms
Yakubu said the training was to demonstrate and encourage tertiary institutions in the region to make effective use of the online platforms.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has trained over 300 participants in the North West on its newly introduced online platforms to improve communication and ease the admission process at tertiary institutions.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, declared this at the opening of the training in Zaria on Monday.
The training was themed "Intensive training and automation of curriculum, accreditation, and general administration matters among JAMB regulatory agencies and institutions in the North-West" region.
Oloyede, who attended the meeting via Zoom, explained that the training was to enlighten institutions and regulatory agencies on the use of the Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS) and Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) platforms.
He, therefore, enjoined the institutions to take advantage of the platforms to communicate, adding that the platforms have provided a seamless synergy between the key stakeholders in the sector.
Oloyede said the new platform has made the process shorter, faster, and easier for all stakeholders and has broken the jinx of tedious bureaucracy associated with the old system.
Earlier, Prof. Kabir Bala, the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, said the training would avail the participants of the opportunity to interface with other stakeholders to address the grey areas affecting JAMB admission processes.
Bala, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academics, Prof. Danladi Ameh, said the platform would reduce cost and hasten effective service delivery, adding that it will help institutions avoid tedious journeys to Abuja.
Mr. Aliyu Yakubu of the Admissions Department at JAMB, who spoke on the technical aspect of IBASS and CAPS, said they were upgraded to serve as communication platforms alongside their normal functions.
He said that initially the board received correspondences from NUC, NCCE, and NBTE manually (in hard copy), thereby making the admission process slower, and added that the platforms link the regulatory agencies, JAMB, and the tertiary institutions across the country.
Yakubu said the training was to demonstrate and encourage tertiary institutions in the region to make effective use of the online platforms.
The participants, who were mainly vice chancellors, rectors, provosts, registrars, and admissions officers, were drawn across the seven states of the zone.
The states are Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara.