Contact SACMEQ - Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality

SACMEQ’s daily operational activities are managed by the SACMEQ Coordinating Centre which is staffed by the SACMEQ Director and the SACMEQ Technical Manager. Read more

Toziba Masalila joined SACMEQ as Acting Director from the Ministry of Education and Skills Development in Botswana where she worked as Director of the Department of Educational Planning and Research Services. She has two Master of Arts Degress, including a Masters in Educational Planning and Management obtained at the IIEP in Paris in 2007. Her thesis was based on data collected for the SACMEQ II Project. She was the SACMEQ National Research Co-ordinator for the SACMEQ III Project in Botswana, and had previously worked with the Botswana Central Statistics Office for 17 years before joining the Ministry of Education in 2005.

Njora Hungi joined SACMEQ from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) where he worked on a variety of projects at national and international level. He holds a Ph.D in Education from Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Prior to joining the ACER he was a Lecturer in Educational Research Methods at Flinders University where he was involved in the training and supervision of graduate students. He has extensive experience in the fields of psychometrics and school effectiveness studies.

Jocelyne Vellien started work at the International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO) in 1991, and is responsible for managing contracts, travel, correspondence, and archiving for the IIEP’s programme of co-operation with SACMEQ. This work includes key administrative tasks related to the organization of training workshops for SACMEQ National Research Co-ordinators as well as biennial meetings of the SACMEQ Ministers of Education that are held at the IIEP at the time of the UNESCO General Conference. Since 2007 Jocelyne has also provided secretarial support to the SACMEQ Co‑ordinating Centre Team that is temporarily located at the IIEP. In particular she assists with the planning and preparation of missions and training activities undertaken by the SACMEQ Director and the SACMEQ Data Processing Manager.