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Umalusi hosted a successful 40th<\/sup>\u00a0Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Annual Conference themed \u201cReimagining educational assessment in the age of multiple dimensions of learning in a global society\u201d on 19-22 August 2024 in Cape Town.<\/p>\n \n Participating in the conference were about 310 delegates made up of education leaders,\u00a0researchers, policy makers, educationists,\u00a0assessment and curriculum practitioners,\u00a0scholars, heads of assessment bodies and examination councils and private agencies\u00a0from all parts of the African continent, Europe, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America and other parts of the world. The Minister of Basic Education, Honourable\u00a0Siviwe\u00a0<\/em>Gwarube, officially opened the conference on 19 August.<\/p>\n \n The Minister congratulated Umalusi for returning the AEAA Family to South Africa, 21 years after staging a successful 13th<\/sup>\u00a0AEAA Conference in 2003 during Umalusi\u2019s formative years. Further, she appreciated the fact that the\u00a0theme aligns with two of the five key priorities identified for South Africa\u2019s 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Administration: (a) increasing efforts to improve access to and the quality of inclusive education for learners in our most vulnerable communities and for learners with special education needs; and (b) improving literacy and numeracy skills across all phases of schooling. For that reason, the Minister challenged delegates to use the conference as an invaluable opportunity (a) for Umalusi to reimagine its quality assurance framework so as to focus on the foundational levels of the education system and (b) for all delegates to re-think how best to build an inclusive, safe and quality education systems in Africa and the world over.<\/p>\n \n Dr David Njengere, immediate past President, called on all delegates to\u00a0\u201ccontextualise global issues to the African experience and concretise assessment experiences that bring out our strengths while presenting globally competitive qualifications\u201d.\u00a0Around 100 papers were presented by a mixture of keynote speakers, lead speakers, panel speakers, workshop and paper presenters. The papers generated interest in new areas of research to deepen the dialogue on thinking differently.<\/p>\n \n The conference made the following recommendations:<\/p>\n \n The CEO of Umalusi, Dr Mafu S. Rakometsi (pictured), was elected the President of the AEAA. In his acceptance speech, Dr Rakometsi pledged to stay true to the mission of the AEAA, which is to promote cooperation amongst examining and assessment bodies in Africa. He concluded by committing to ensure that the conference resolutions underpin the AEAA programme of action until the 41st<\/sup>\u00a0AEAA Annual Conference to be hosted in Ethiopia on 25-29 August 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Umalusi hosted a successful 40th\u00a0Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Annual Conference themed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n