Conference Theme
The Challenges of Quality of Assessment in a Changing Global Economy.

Sub Themes

• 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.

Conference Theme
The 28th Annual Conference of the AEAA will be held at the Sheraton Abuja, Hotel, Abuja, NIGERIA.

Venue

An Integral part of the new capital of Abuja's developing infrastructure, the hotel is located downtown near the national mosque, Abuja plant nursery and convinient to the international conference center, barely 40km from Abuja international airport

Direction

1. From Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, pass the city gate, take the flyover to the central business district opposite NNPC towers turn left, drivestraight pass the second traffic light,after the bridge turn right into Ladi Kwali street, the hotel is ahead.

2. Fron The North. Approach from Nnamdi Azikiwe Express way, take the turn by Mabuchi roundabout into Sani Abacha way, drive straightand after the third flyover, turn right to the hotel.

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Chronological List of AEAA Conferences (Click here to download/view )

27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT IN AFRICA (AEAA) :  ACCRA, GHANA

Conference Theme
Theme : Educational Assessment and Quality Assurance in a Multicultural Society.

Sub Themes

• Control Mechanism in Public Examinations.
• Examination Analysis for Improving the Management of Public Examinations.
• Assessment perspective in Multicultural Settings.
• Examination Crisis and Management.
• e-learning and Educational Assessment.
• ICTs and Examinations Management in the Multicultural Society.
• e-marking and Quality Control in Examinations.
• Assessment and National Cohesion.
• Curicullum Evaluationt and National Realities.
• Assessment Tools and Pratices across Examination bodies.
• Translation and Testing in a Multicultural Society.

Conference Venue
The 27th Annual Conference of the AEAA was held at the Yaounde Conference Centre, Situated on one of the 7 hills of the capital city about 25 minutes drive from the Nsimalen International Airport.

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Conference Theme
Theme : Contemporary Trends and Tools in Educational Assessment .

Sub Themes

CONFERENCES VENUE The 26th Annual Conference of the AEAA will be held at the Homowo Conference Centre of the plush La Palm Royal Beach Hotel. Nine minutes drive from the Kotoka International Airport, the hotel hugs the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

	The Communiqué issued at the end of 2008 AEAA Conference held in Ghana - 26th Annual conference (Click here to download/view )
	A list of participants during the Ghana Conference (Click here to download/view )

Conference Theme
Theme : Assessment and Evaluation for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century.

Sub Themes

• Assessment for promotion of teaching and learning.
• The relationship between assessment and learning.
• The role of assessment and evaluation in Education For All (EFA)
• The impact of school-based assessment on quality education.
• Relationship issues in teaching efficiency and effectiveness.
• Student involvement in teacher efficiency and effectiveness.
• Student involvement in classroom assessment and its impact on learning.
• Synergy between learning, technologies and assessment.

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Communique of the 25th annual conference of the AEAA 27th – 31st August 2007 (Click here to download/view )

Conference Theme
Theme : curriculum change and challenges in educational assessment.

Sub Themes

• Aligning assessment to curriculum change
• Changing procedures in quality assessment
• Curriculum change for equity in formal and non-formal educational assessment
• Aligning educational policy and practice with research in assessment
• Assessment issues in vocational education
• Linking school-based assessment with public examinations
• Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in educational change and assessment
• Political and socio-economic issues and educational assessment
• Reforms in curriculum and their impact on assessment
• Curriculum change and assessment for children with special needs
• Is there a need for public examinations? A perspective

	Communique of the 24th annual conference of the AEAA 28th August – 1st September 2006 (Click here to download/view )
	List of participants at the 24th Annual Conference 28th August- 1st September 2006, Ezulwini, Swaziland (Click here to download/view Attendance list)

ABOUT NIGERIA

Nigeria, officially the Republic of Nigeria is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. It's coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean, in the south. The capital city is Abuja. The three largest and most influencial ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

The people of Nigeria have an extensive history and archaeological evidence shows that human habitation of the area dates back to at least 9000 BC. The Benue-Cross River area is thought to be the original Homeland of the Bantu migrants who spread across most of central an southern African waves between the 1st Millenium BC and the 2nd Millenium.

The name Nigeria was created from a portmanteau of the words Niger and Area, taken from the River Niger running through Nigeria. This name was coined by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a British Colonial administrator, in the late 19th century.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eight most populous country in the world, and with a population of over 150 million, It is the most populous 'black'country in the world. It is a regional power, is listed among the next 'eleven' economies and is member of the Common Wealth of Nations. The economy of Nigeria is one of the fastest growing in the world, with the International Monetary Fund projecting a growth of 9% in 2008 and 8.6 in 2009.

Education

Nigeria provides free, government supported education, but attendance is not compulsory at any level, and certain groups, such as nomads and handicapped are under-served. The education system does consist of six years of primary school, three years of junior secondary school, three years of senior secondary school, and four years of university education, leading to a bachelor's degree. The rate of secondary school attendance is 32 percent for males and 27 percent for females. In 2004 the Nigerian National Planning Commission described the country's education system as 'disfunctional'.

Government

NIgeria is a Federal Republic modelled after the United States, with executive power excercised by the president and with overtones and the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. The current President of Nigeria is Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who was elected in 2007. The president presides as both Chief of State and head of Government and is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two four-year terms. The presidents power is checked by a senate and a House of Representatives which are combined in a bicameral body called the National Assembly. The senate is a 109 seat body with three members from each state of the Federation and one from the capital region of Abuja; members are elected by popular vote to four-year terms.
The House contains 360 seats and the number of seats per state is determined by population.

Ethnocentricism, tribalism, (especially religious), and prebendalism have played a visible role in Nigerian politics both prior and subsequent to independence in 1960.Kin-selective altruism has made its way into Nigerian politics and has spurned various attempts by tribalists to concentrate Federal power to a particular region of their interests. Nationalism has also led to active secessionist movements such as MASSOB, Nationalist movements such as "Oodua Peoples Congress" Oodua Peoples Congress,"Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and a civil war. Nigeria's three largest ethnic groups have maintained historical preeminence in Nigerian politics; competition amongst these three groups, the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo has fuelled corruption and graft.

Due to the above issues, Nigeria's current political parties are pan-national and irreligious in character (though this does not preclude the continuing preeminence of the dominant ethnicities). The major political parties at present include the ruling People's democratic party (PDP) under the leadership of has 96 House seats and 27 in the Senate (26.6% and 24.7%). There are also about twenty other minor opposition parties registered. The immediate past president, Olusegun Obasanjo, acknowledged fraud and other electoral "lapses" but said the result reflected opinion polls. In a national television address he added that if Nigerians did not like the victory of his handpicked successor they would have an opportunity to vote again in four years.

Like in many other African societies, prebendalism and extremely excessive corruption continue to constitute major challenges to Nigeria, as vote rigging and other means of coercion are practised by all major parties in order to remain competitive. In 1983, it was adjudged by the policy institute at Kuru that only the 1959 and 1979 elections witnessed minimal rigging.

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