In a bid to properly preserve its records, the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has
organised an eight-day
training session for selected members of staff on archive creation, operation
and management towards
upscaling their skills for
enhanced record-keeping
processes.
The training, which commenced on Monday, 25th
March 2024, comprised both
theoretical and practical
sessions and involved participants drawn from different
departments of the Board.
The programme would be
coming to a close today (5th
April 2024).
In his opening remarks,
the Registrar, Prof. Ishaq
Oloyede, who was represented by the Director, Finance
and Accounts, Mufutau Bello, urged the participants to
focus on the training so that
they would be able to acquire
the necessary skills, stressing
that archiving is germane to
the overall functionality of
any organisation.
Speaking further, Prof.
Oloyede said archiving provides factual information
about an entity, person or organisation, while emphasizing the role of archiving in
service delivery, productivity,
research and development.
In her remarks, the Director, Quality Assurance, Mrs.
Doom Lortyom, expressed
appreciation to the Registrar
for the development while encouraging the participants to
bring the training to bear in
their schedules.
She added: “To whom
much is given, much is expected.”
“No doubt the training
would equip you with invaluable knowledge and priceless
skills.
Much confidence has been
reposed in you through your
nomination to participate in
this programme. As such,
I admonish you to use this
opportunity to enhance your
horizons towards reinforcing our commitment to the
preservation of credibility
and sanctity of the Board’s
historical records,” she said.
Taking the participants
through the session, the facilitator, Mr. Olayemi Abraham,
a renowned archivist with a
track record of achievements
in archival management and
record keeping, likened record management to the life
of a biological organism that
was born, lived and died.
In his words: “Records like
human beings, pass through
certain phases in life. They
are created, used and eventually disposed of.”
He stressed that the disposition stage of a record is
that time a decision is taken
to either destroy the record or
send it to the archives while
emphasizing that all archives are records but not all
records are archives.
He, therefore, urged partic
