THEME: THE CHALLENGES OF QUALITY OF ASSESSMENT IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY

• Increasing enrolment in public examinations and the challenges in quality of assessment
• Using modern techniques of assessment to enhance the operational efficiency of educational institutions/examination bodies.
• Human and financial resources and the challenges of assessment quality.
• Development of research, monitoring and evaluation practices in assuring quality of assessment.
• Challenges of assessment of candidates with special needs.
• The challenges of assessment in vocational and technical education.
• The challenges of maintaining examination ethics in educational assessment.
• Strategies for managing examination malpractice in public examinations.
• Deployment of innovative technologies in the conduct of public examinations.
• Impact of political and/or socio-economic challenges on quality of assessment in a developing economy.