Management of West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to host the
37th annual conference of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa
(AEAA) from August 5 to 9, in Abuja.
The theme of the conference is Innovation in Educational
Assessment".
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, in Lagos, Head of Nigeria
National Office, WAEC, Olu Adenipekun, announced that the event is designed to
gather educators in Africa to brainstorm and seek for innovations in the area
of educational assessment and standards, as well as assessment of candidates.
He said the Minister of Education of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is
expected to declare the conference open.
According to him, "The 37th Annual Conference of the AEAA will
kick-off on Monday, August 5, 2019, and the Minister of Education of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria is expected to declare the Conference open while
the Conference will close on Friday, August 9, 2019.
"There will be presentations of academic papers from Keynote
Speakers; paper presentation in plenary sessions; four parallel sessions and
breakout sessions."
Furthermore, Adenipekun explained that AEAA is a non- profit organisation
with the aim of promoting cooperation amongst examining and assessment
bodies in Africa.
Speaking further he said the association is a continental body for
assessors, examination bodies, institutes and Faculties of Education and
universities are also represented in it.
"The Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) is a
non-profit making organisation established in 1982 to promote co-operation
amongst examining and assessment bodies in Africa, encourage relevant examining
and assessment activities among members, to share experience and knowledge on
issues of evaluation and assessment; sponsor international participation in the
field of educational testing and assessment within the individual members
countries among other objectives.
"The Association was born out of what was then known as the
sub-regional conference for Heads of Institutions responsible for educational assessment
in Eastern and Southern Africa. Many other African Countries later joined the
Association and in 1982 in Arusha, Tanzania, AEAA was born drawing its
membership from across the continent of Africa. Its vision is the harmonization
of educational assessments on the African continent. It is affiliated to the
International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA)," he said.
However, he noted that participants would want to see the things required
to ensure that assessment and standards in education and other key areas are
up-to-date, remain valid and ensure that its integrity was intact.
It will be recalled that at the 35th Annual Conference of AEAA in
Kampala, Uganda in August, 2017 the rights to host the 37th edition of the
conference was given to WAEC, Nigeria. Since then, preparations for the
Conference have been in top gear as the Local Organising Committee for the
conference, swung into action to ensure that the Conference delegates from
Africa and beyond have an eventful period in Nigeria.
Also a list of fascinating places for delegates to visit during the
excursion and tours around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and its
environs have been drawn. The proposed tourist sites are Nike Art Gallery,
Katampe Hill, the geographical centre of Nigeria, Ushafa Pottery, Lower Usman
Dam, GuraraFalls and Zuma Rock.
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