By our Reporter
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has announced that starting from the 1st January, 2023, communication between
regulatory bodies for higher institutions and all tertiary institutions in Nigeria will be through a single, unified platform, said the examination body.
JAMB said its Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS) has been developed as a medium of communication for the stakeholders in the admission processing system, adding that the platform will offer them various levels of access for communication.
Speaking at a meeting to brief stakeholders on the functionalities of IBASS on Monday, JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, said the initiative was to hasten and ease the flow of requests and approvals away from the current mode of exchanging letters between the institutions and regulatory bodies.
Through this platform, Mr Oloyede said tertiary institutions can prescribe their admission quota and requirements and list the courses they offer.
Regulatory bodies can also update the accreditation status of institutions and their programmes or courses accredited for them to offer on the platform.
He said the platform will put a halt to the use of letters for requests and approval between the agencies and institutions which usually takes time and more effort to implement.