Assessments on the agenda as Education Ministry attends the 42nd conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment hosted by UMALUSI
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Mr Enver Surty will this evening, Thursday 25 August 2016 address the 42nd conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment Gala Dinner at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town.
The 42nd IAEA conference comes at a time when the sector through quality assurance body Umalusi is currently engaged in the process of reviewing its approach to the quality assurance of assessments as the sector moves towards strengthening assessment practices in within Basic Education.
In line with this, in July 2016 the Department hosted the first Assessment Roundtable, which gathered the educational specialists from a variety of institutions to share innovative ideas on educational assessment and enhance the on-going dialogue on the role of assessment in improving the quality of assessment outputs.
Members of the media are invited to attend the gala dinner and address as follows:
Date: This evening, Thursday, 25 August 2016
Time: 18h00
Venue: The Westin Hotel, Cape Town International Convention Centre
Enquiries:
Elijah Mhlanga
Cell: 083 580 8275
Troy Martens
Cell: 062 788 3733
Lucky Ditaunyane
Cell: 083 227 6074 (UMALUSI)
