{"id":119909,"date":"2025-06-20T19:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119909"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:11:16","slug":"jamb-endorses-corens-plan-to-regulate-engineering-intake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jamb-endorses-corens-plan-to-regulate-engineering-intake\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMB Endorses COREN\u2019s Plan to Regulate Engineering Intake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has backed the proposal by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) to regulate the admission and enrolment of students into engineering and technology programmes in Nigerian universities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This endorsement was given during a recent courtesy visit by the COREN President, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, and his delegation to JAMB headquarters.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The visit was part of COREN\u2019s broader strategy to strengthen collaboration with relevant institutions to improve the quality of engineering education across the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking during the visit, Abubakar stressed the importance of enforcing an admission quota system for accredited engineering and technology programmes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, \u201cregulated enrolment is critical in safeguarding the quality and integrity of engineering education,\u201d and COREN remains committed to \u201cupholding global best practices in the training of engineers and technologists across Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oloyede applauded COREN\u2019s efforts, stating, \u201cI commend the desire of COREN to intervene and improve the quality of engineering education and enhance the skills, competencies and competitiveness of graduates of both universities and polytechnics.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added, \u201cI endorse the request of COREN to regulate the admission\/enrolment of young Nigerians into various engineering and technology programmes, similar to the current practice extended to the regulators in the health sector.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oloyede, however, warned against the excessive burden placed on universities by multiple accreditation exercises. \u201cThe proliferation of assessment and accreditation visits by numerous regulators is a huge burden. There is a need for a harmonised approach where regulators like COREN can carry out joint accreditation with the National Universities Commission (NUC),\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement on Thursday, the JAMB Registrar also congratulated COREN on being recognised by the Federal Government in the recent NUC policy shift. He advised the council to build on this development by addressing existing gaps in engineering education.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, this alignment will position COREN \u201camong the league of regulators with specific authority on admissions into engineering programmes\u201d, as is currently the case with COREN and the NBTE for HND and ND programmes in polytechnics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He praised COREN\u2019s foresight, noting that this kind of regulatory framework \u201cought to have been in place at the same time as the regulators in the health sector.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Adaji The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has backed the proposal by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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