By Gom Mirian
The House of Representatives has applauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for introducing innovative technologies in the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Hon. Soli Sada, the Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, made the commendation when he visited the board in Abuja on Tuesday.
He acknowledged the positive impact of the technological solutions on the examination process, particularly in curbing examination malpractice and ensuring transparency in the admission process.
Sada noted that the innovative ideas of JAMB have significantly contributed to the credibility of the UTME examination, making it an effective tool for promoting merit-based admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
He congratulated the board for generating revenue for the federation account, stating that JAMB was one of the public institutions with quality governance, saying, “this is one of the institutions that demonstrated the quality of Nigerians that we have in public sector governance of this country.
“We as an institution of the parliament, have come and we have seen and will go back with a report to the parliament and see how we can strengthen the capacity of JAMB so that they will continue to provide quality services to the country.”
In response to the commendations by the House, JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, told the committee, “from my office, I monitor all the centres, accreditation of CBT centres, I pay attention during registration, monitoring of admissions to over 1000 higher institutions.”
