The registration of joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said the Board would be going paperless in its communications with institutions, regulatory agencies in the education sector such as the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), N a t i o n a l B o a r d f o r Te c h n i c a l Education(NBTE) and other critical stakeholders, to achieve real-time and a m o r e e f f e c t i v e i n f o r m a t i o n dissemination system. He said the paperless regime being championed by the Board would enhance efficiency, deliver prompt services and eliminate all incidence of records mutilation or distortion.
Prof. Oloyede announced the Board’s plans to go completely paperless from January, 2023, to media representatives at a press conference held in Lagos on Sunday, 6th November, 2022. To achieve this, the Registrar disclosed that the Board has upgraded its Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS) to also serve as a communication platform so as to interface with critical stakeholders in a more efficient and faster manner. This platform, he stated, is in addition to one for Basic Education, and the other for Higher Education.” “I also hope whoever is heading the next government will have the good sense to create the Ministry of Skills and Entrepreneurship and if such will not be possible, there should be three Ministers of State in the Federal Ministry of Education.” On security and safety in educational institutions, the Minister charged NEC and other critical stakeholders to redouble its efforts at strengthening the security architecture of the nation’s educational institutions.