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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

Demus Makuwa is the Acting Director of the SACMEQ Co-ordinating Centre. He was seconded to this role for the period 2007-2011 from his position as a Senior Education Planner in the Directorate of Planning and Development of the Ministry of Education in Namibia. He previously worked for several years as a high school teacher, a college tutor, and a community school manager. His research interests include educational policy analysis and school effectiveness. He completed a Ph.D in Education at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa in 2004. Dr. Makuwa’s doctoral research was based on data collected for the first education policy research project conducted by SACMEQ.

Njora Hungi (Kenya) 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.