NOTION OF EXAMINATION & ASSESSMENT

The Executive Board of Governors of CEA came to an understanding in their annual review in the year of 2010 that have a joint collaboration with one of UK independent organisation the British Examination Board (BEB) to take charge of CEA's Learning sector and UK-Commission for Consistent Learning (UK-CCL) to maintain the Facilitating Centre quality as an external organisation. This is to ensure the Professional Quality Management Standards (PQMS) of their qualifications and membership.

MODE OF EXAMINATIONS

(1) Time Bound Assignments (TBA)
(2) Individual / Group Assignment
(3) Presentations for Certain Modules
(4) Open Book Examination (OBE)
(5) Viva Examination

1. Time Bound Assessment (TBA) 50%
2. Course Work 30 % (Individual / Group)
3. Presentation / Viva Examination 20 %

The British Examination Board (BEB) has the power to decline any application without giving reasons. Approved candidates will receive at least three week's notice as to the time and place of BEB's examination centre. The decisions of BEB’s examiners are final and candidates must not enter into correspondences with BEB or CEA on examination results. Under no circumstances will details of marks awarded be divulged.

ELEMETNS FOR CEA QUALIFICATIONS

GRADING

THE CEA MODULE GRADING

Grade "A" 70% and above.       Distinction

Grade "B" 60 % -69%                     Merit

Grade "C" (Pass) 50 % - 59 %       Pass

Grade "D" (Referred) 40 %- 49%

Grade "E" (Fail) Less than 39%

CATEGORY OF CEA AWARDS

Currently CEA has three level awards

1. CEA - Diploma Level 3 of the NQF / NVQ

2. CEA - Higher Diploma Level 4 of the NQF / NVQ

3. CEA - Graduate Diploma Level 5 of the NQF/NVQ

4. CEA – Post Graduate Diploma Level 6 of the NQF/NVQ

CONTRIBUTION OF POINTS & CREDITS

Achievement Points Contribution as follows:-

Class Activities/Participation 50 points, Semester Project Presentation 50 points, Semester Project Paper 100 points, Case Analysis: (3 @ 50) 150 points, Article Reviews: (5 @ 10) 50 points.

Classroom teaching, Research method, Self-learning guidance, Workplace assessment, Case Studies, Education tour and Tutorials.

CANDIDATE EVALUATION

Candidates Activities and Evaluation will explore and demonstrate knowledge of models that incorporate collaborative interactions, and effective group dynamics applicable to various administrative and leadership positions through "Group Discussion" during the period of learning. Candidates will demonstrate suitable techniques related to the diploma programme, and knowledge of nationally accepted general professional standards through case studies, group presentations, assignments, and class activities.

Final project or research work in the Higher Diploma Level do only possess Viva Examination is to test the candidate’s knowledge in Critical thinking of contemporary issues. This will be carried out on an individual basis by Oral Discussion with the qualified intellectual academics nominated by the CEA's Examination Panel. This can take up to maximum 60 minutes. The Viva Examination is to test the candidate of the overall knowledge of the qualifications. This is carried on an individual basis by Oral Discussion with the qualified intellectual nominated by the CEA's Examination Panel. It has been agreed by the Independent Examiners British Examination Board (BEB) that the candidate to obtain the CEA Qualification Certification must have achieved at least the Grade C Level in all module units. Failure to gain this grade, BEB will not recommend any candidate and it agreed that no candidate will be entertained to question the decision of the BE's examiners declaration.

The Learning Hours and Credits Units are specific for the CEA Learning Programmes, which has the approval of CEA Executive Board Governors. (In the recent past the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) has been changed to Qualifications and Credit Frame (QCF) and this change came to effect from November 2008.) The Viva Examination is to test the candidate of the overall knowledge of the qualifications. This is carried on an individual basis by Oral Discussion with the qualified intellectual nominated by the CEA's Examination Panel. Since 2009 in order to meet the QCF standards, the CEA has changed their syllabus structure. As always, the CEA Learning is focused more on a Professional Methodology rather than pure academic scheme. This vision of theirs has made the pathway of Open Book Examination. Most of the institutions are still adapting to the traditional three hours class room examination. The current climate and professional concept does prefer the consistent assessment. Diploma Level will comprise of four modules and the Higher Diploma and Graduate Diploma consist of five modules. Every June and December each year candidate will be assessed and verified for the CEA Qualifications.

LEARNING ACADEMY

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY (PLA)

The Methodology laid out by the CEA’s Governing Board to gain the Professional Vocational Diploma Qualifications of CEA is facilitated by Professional Learning Academy. The Learning Academies comprises of numerous Learning Faculties and Course Module units. The Number of module units for each faculty will be different as per to the level of qualifications. After careful consideration of the level of qualifications, Executive Board of Governors has come to a conclusion that the CEA awards equivalency will have to be changed to the European General Learning Level of 2008. It is also made to understand that, every applicant who follows the Learning Methodology must submit Career Project Work (CPW) as final written documentation. This has to be adhered for the CEA Qualifications of Diplomas and Post Graduate Certificate and Diploma for the methods of Assessment.

Those who wish acquire the CEA's Diploma Qualifications must strictly follow the PLA Scheme which will assist the candidate to achieve the Credit Transfer for their further higher studies in academic pathway. After the careful study by the Professional Learning Panel of CEA, they have negotiated with many different Learning and Awarding Institutions an understanding to develop Credit Transfer Scheme (CTS) for the CEA Learning Diplomas for an accreditation to any International Universities for appropriate Credit Units which could be transferable for any awards. The acceptance of Credit Transfer is solely depends on individual awarding institutions and therefore every candidate responsibility to check the eligibility of this scheme prior to make any application.

CEA'S APTITUDE TESTS

1. 1. Compulsory Aptitude Tests (level 100)
   
   
   • Aptitude tests shall be used if they are contemporary and if they and their pass marks are recognized by, and acceptable to CEA Board of Assessors.
   • Candidates should display a good command of the language of instruction and, in marginal cases, should be given an approved oral and/or written test.


2. 2. Course controls
   
   
   • Ensure that candidates attending the regular lecturers, management group discussion, seminars and workshops and/or tutorial class related to the respective discipline.
   • Ensure that candidate working should cover with abreast of current developments and problems and be prepared to describe how this is achieved.
   • Ensure that all course work, assignments and documentation are accurate and make sure it is respective candidate’s own product specially made for the CEA modules.
   • Execute the conditions of case studies in the respective level of CEA qualifications and make sure those candidates are submitting candidate workings within the deadlines of each course. Fail to submit the course-work on time may reduce candidate marks.

CANDIDATE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. It is the responsibility of each candidate to ascertain when and where their assessments/examinations will take place, to attend assessments and/or examinations and to submit work for assessment as required and to provide the Board of Assessors of CEA in advance of their meeting with any relevant documentary evidence relating to personal circumstances which may have affected their performance and which they wish to be taken into account by the Board.



2. If a candidate fails to attend examinations or to submit work for assessment without good cause, the examiners shall have the authority to deem the candidate to have failed the assessments concerned.



3. If a candidate fails without good cause to provide the examiners in advance of their meeting with information about any personal circumstances that may have affected performance in assessments, anybody authorised by the Academic Board to consider requests for the examiners’ decision(s) to be reviewed shall be empowered to reject any such request on those grounds.



4. If a candidate is found to have cheated, plagiarised or attempted to gain an unfair advantage, the examiners shall have authority to deem the candidate to have failed part or all of the assessments and the authority to determine whether or not the candidate shall be permitted to be reassessed.

EXAMINATION CONDITIONS

The Independent Examiners of CEA British Examination Board (BEB) of Great Britain has laid out following conditions for the candidates to follow in order to be successful in their examinations.

1. Candidates should pass the three elements of the Module to complete it.
2. Re – Sit will be allowed only for two attempts and the failed to make it in those two attempts will leads to appear the whole three elements of the module by paying the full module appropriate fee.

The option is given to the candidate to re-sit for the modules which were bellow the Grade C Level in order to complete the required stage of CEA’s Qualification. Executive Board of Governors appreciate and encourages every candidate to gain highest marks as possible to achieve the CEA’s diplomas. The GPA will be calculated based on the total average of the results of all the modules in appropriate level.