Examinations Specifications and Syllabus Officer at NATIONAL EXAMINATION AND SCHOOL INSPECTION AUTHORITY (NESA): Deadline Jun 15, 2021

Job description

• To design a table of specifications (blue print) and assess the relevance of examinations to the existing curricula ;
• To hold regular consultations with the departments of curriculum development, schools inspection and teacher development;
• To prepare examinations specification booklets;
• To prepare examinations syllabus booklets and distribute them to different schools;
• Prepare booklets of past papers and distributes them into different schools;
• To ensure the availability of quality books for examiners and accurate laboratory equipment for those setting practical exams;
• To advise on how to improve the quality of examinations processes;
• To advise examiners on different methods and techniques of assessment and evaluation;
• To advise examiners on how to link classroom knowledge and daily lives of learners;
• To establish ways of analysing and interpreting marking of every question item and identify factors leading to low or high score for each question item;
• To set indicators of weaknesses and strengths of each question paper for a subject through exam results;
• To suggest policy and standards of assessment and evaluation of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary;
• To identify and eradicate barriers to transparency and accountability using evaluation and assessment as spring board;
• To perform any other duty called for;
• To make an appropriate report.