Combatting Fraud and Enhancing Integrity for the Promotion of Quality and Credibility in Higher Education 19, 20 & 21 April 2017, Premier Hotel OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg, South Africa

1. 5th Annual
Combating Education
Irregularities &
Examination Fraud
Summit 2017
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Timothy Wachira
Vice-Chancellor
Daystar University
Dr. Elizabeth Garwe
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Zimbabwe Council for Higher
Education
Professor Divya Singh
Chief Academic and Compliance
Officer
Embury Institute for Higher
Education
Professor Sam Mashele
Dean
Central University of Technology
Professor Thandi Mgwebi
Director: Research
University of Western Cape
Dr. Edward Lusambo
Director: Quality Assurance Unit
University of Zambia
Professor Sihawukele Ngubane
Head African Languages,
Linguistics and Development
Modules
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Professor Eva Manyedi
Campus Quality Coordinator
North West University
Andrew Harland
Chief Executive Officer
Examination Officers Association
Keith Maseko
Chief Executive Officer
Benchmark Assessment Agency
Yonke Twani
President
South African Further Education
and Training Student Association
Combatting Fraud and Enhancing Integrity for the
Promotion of Quality and Credibility in Higher
Education
19, 20 & 21 April 2017, Premier Hotel OR Tambo
International Airport Johannesburg, South Africa
Why Should You Attend This Summit?
• Understand the guidance on internal quality assurance in the context of qualifications
• Face the challenges and effects of Academic and Qualifications Fraud head on in higher
institutions and private and public organisations
• Devise effective detection and investigation strategies to academic and qualification fraud
• Identify effective strategies in combating examination fraud
• Develop standards and codes of practice of academic integrity
• Identify and highlight the role of high security printing in maintaining academic integrity and
avoiding the falsification of documents
• Develop effective quality assurance systems in open distance and eLearning to curb academic
fraud
• Advance effective leadership to prevent academic dishonesty in higher institutions
• Develop effective quality assurance systems in institutions of higher education
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2. Dear Delegate,
The exposure of irregularites regarding certifications, examinations,
qualifications, publications, course durations and admissions is on the
rise on the continent. This is to the detriment of the institutional
credibility and academic interigrity of Africa’s higher education sector.
Globally, there is a call to action in the higher education sector to
transform traditional practices and policies to accommodate and adapt
to the evolving factors that impact quality assurance and accreditation.
The news headlines are replete with articles on scandals regarding
examination fraud and education irregularities. The perpetrators
continue in their brazen attempts to elude justice and pursue criminal
agenda. The rise of plagiarism is reaching alarming heights and the
urgent need to curb this is high on the agenda. And it is this epidemic
that could hold the region back in achieving its educational goals.
Studies show that these activites have a negative effect on the
development of countries and result in the undermining of social
norms. There is an urgency to fight corruption in higher education
especially when draining educational resources is a consequence.
Examination bodies need to deal with irregularity in a manner that is
judicially sound. Everyone who participates in the development or
implementation of examination and assessment systems has a
responsibility in ensuring that it adheres to the requirements of validity,
reliability, and fairness. The 5th Annual Combating Education
Irregularities and Examination Fraud Summit aims to tackle the
continuous issues of student and teacher malpractice, while improving
the standards and the levels of transparency with Higher Education
Institutions and eradicating educational fraud.
I look forward to welcoming you to the summit!
Kind regards,
Chipo Chibaya
AMC International
5th Annual Combating Education Irregularities
& Examination Fraud Summit 2017
19, 20 & 21 April 2017, Premier Hotel OR Tambo International Airport
Johannesburg, South Africa
Who should attend?
• Education Regulators
• Executive Secretaries
• Directors of University Academic
Departments
• Directors of Examinations
• Examinations Registrars
• Heads of Academic Research
• Education Integrity Officers
• Heads of Departments
• Academic Professors
• Education Specialists
• Senior Lecturers
• Chief Invigilators
• Academic Registrars
• Admissions Officers Security Printing
Managers
• Education Quality Assurance Officers
• Heads of Schools
• TVET’s
• Principals
• Any relevant officers in the educational
and academic sectors

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Summit Agenda
Conference Day 1: 19 April 2017
08:15- 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00-09:10 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
THE FOCUS ON EDUCATION IRREGULARITIES: NEW
DEVELOPMENT, LESSONS LEARNT AND WAY
FORWARD
09:10- 10:00 Defining Processes and Responsibilities
Needed to Combat Education Irregularities
❖ Reflection on the 2016 Scenarios regarding the policy on
skills and improving on the instructional process
❖ Maintaining and enforcing the integrity of the
examination process
❖ Setting question in line with instructional objectives and
content covered
❖ Acquainting students/learners with examination code of
conduct and ethics of their institutions
❖ Enforcement of examination malpractice decrees and
laws
❖ Lessons learnt in 2016 and a way forward
Professor Divya Singh
Chief Academic and Compliance Officer
Embury Institute for Higher Education
10:00- 10:50 Maximising on the Functionality of
Assessment Agencies to Reduce Instances of Irregularities
During Examination Administration
Keith Maseko
Chief Executive Officer
Benchmark Assessment Agency
10:50-11:20 Tea and Coffee Networking Session
HIGHLIGHTING THE ESCALATING PLAGIARISM
PANDEMIC IN ACADEMIA
11:20- 12:10 Mitigating the Risks Associated with the
Prevalence of Plagiarism in Higher Education
❖ Discussing the pressures associated with the demands on
faculty productivity
❖ Addressing the ambiguity surrounding honest behaviour
and what constitutes as illicit behaviour
❖ Reviewing higher education policies for addressing
plagiarism
❖ Empowering and informing students to make informed
decisions
❖ Maximising vigilance in monitoring plagiarism
Professor Sam Mashele
Dean
Central University of Technology
12:10- 13:00 Sharing Guidelines to Effective International
and National Best Practices in Combatting Corruption in
Higher Education
❖ Providing guidelines to the various stakeholders for
effective international/ national best practices
❖ Special focus on the role that quality assurance should
play
❖ Inclusion of the matrix that lists some of the major issues
for action and indicate which stakeholders should address
them
❖ Alongside the regulation of higher education systems, five
key of academic functions will be explored
❖ Teaching Ethical Decision-Making Using Team-Based
Learning
❖ Providing educators with the essential tools to implement
strategies to combat education malpractices
Andrew Harland
Chief Executive Officer
Examination Officers Association
13:00-14:00 Lunch and Networking Break
14:00- 14:50 Strategically Enforcing Policies and
Procedures to Curb Instances of Research Fraud and
Plagiarism
❖ The role of plagiarism in undermining academic
excellence
❖ Understanding the need guidelines on quality education
and effective quality assurance mechanisms
❖ The importance of combatting corruption and enhancing
integrity
❖ Impact of research fraud on educational development
❖ Evaluating the causes of plagiarism and educational
malpractices
Professor Sihawukele Ngubane
Head African Languages, Linguistics and Development Modules
University of KwaZulu-Natal
14:50 – 15:40 Creating a Culture of Integrity in Institutional
Examinations to Combat Examination Fraud
❖ Key steps to follow in Identifying-fraud risks in higher
education
❖ Addressing falsification, fabrication and plagiarism in
published scholarly work and research
❖ Understanding and predicting students’ dishonesty:
development of a measure of dishonest and unreliable
behaviours
❖ Encourage academic honesty by emphasizing university
policy and any additional, course-specific policies on
academic integrity in their syllabi
Professor Eva Manyedi
Campus Quality Coordinator
North West University
15:40- 16:00 Afternoon Refreshment and Networking
Break
16:00- 16:15 Summary of the Lessons Learnt and Closing
Remarks from the Chairman
16:15 End of Day One

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Summit Agenda
Conference Day 2: 20 April 2017
08:15- 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00-09:10 Recap from Day 1: from the Chairman
QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS FOR
COMBATING FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND
IRREGULARITIES
09:10-10:00 Current Trends on Technological
Development in Examination and Moderation in 2017, with
Quality Assurance
❖ Exploring the drivers of education technology in
universities in the next five years.
❖ Distinguishing between external quality assurance,
conducted by agencies, and internal quality assurance
organized within each Higher Education & Institutions
❖ Understanding the importance in technological
advancements for ensuring educational accessibility
❖ The vital requirement, for assuring quality in general and
for fighting corruption in particular
❖ The extent to which internal quality assurance and
external quality assurance frameworks are key
manifestation
❖ Maintaining Quality while breeding a culture of innovation
in a cost-effective manner
❖ The role of ICT and government in providing
infrastructure for accessibility
Dr. Timothy Wachira
Vice-Chancellor
Daystar University
10:00- 10:50 Developing Effective Quality Assurance
Systems in Open Distance and eLearning to Curb Academic
Fraud
❖ This aims at examining the current policies and practices
of ODL models in the African Context
❖ Exploring the management of examination centres across
locations and time zones
❖ The Appointment of sufficient numbers of invigilators/
protocols, conduct identification checks and installation
of technology such as CCTV
❖ The appointment of external examiners or use double
marking to ensure comparability of standards
❖ Ensuring security of exam preparation and printing
processes
Dr. Edward Lusambo
Director: Quality Assurance Unit
University of Zambia
10:50- 11:20 Tea and Coffee Networking Session
11:20- 12:10 Qualification Fraud: The Way Forward
❖ Highlighting the implications of the prevalence of
qualification fraud
❖ Illustrating examples and instances of qualification fraud
❖ Discussing steps to improve the verification process of
qualifications
❖ The impact and implications on the credibility of
institutions
❖ Discussing effective strategies for combatting this
Dr. Elizabeth Garwe
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education
12:10- 13:00 Open floor Discussion: Next Step: An
International Call to Action
Academic corruption is an international problem that afflicts
rich and poor countries alike. Creating networks of
organizations that are fighting corruption and greater
collaboration in capacity building for this purpose are highly
desirable. How will Africa best support such initiatives?
13:00-14:00 Lunch and Networking Break
EXPLORING THE KEY CHALLENGES IN
COMBATTING EDUCATION IRREGULARITIES
THROUGHOUT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS
STRUCTURES
14:00-14:50 Publication Fraud and Dishonesty in Research
Publication Ouputs
❖ Collusion among candidates themselves and between
them and officials in charge of Examinations
❖ Understanding the role of law enforcement officials when
they intervene
❖ Collaboration between academic management and law
enforcement
❖ Best practices and strategies for awareness, prevention,
detection of academic misconduct
❖ Understanding and predicting students’ attitudes and
perceptions: influencing university academic integrity
culture
Professor Thandi Mgwebi
Director: Research
University of Western Cape
14:50 – 15:40 Case Study: The Role and Impact of Quality
Assurance in Combatting Corruption and Enhancing
Academic Excellence
The Department of Higher Education and Training received a
memorandum from SAFETSA, dated 31 December 2016, which
listed several demands and commitments from the
department. One major demand indicates a dissatisfaction with
the level of education irregularities and examination fraud.
Against this background, the discussion will naturally look at
the crucial role that quality assurance should play in
combatting corruption and enhancing academic integrity.
Yonke Twani
President
South African Further Education and Training Student
Association
15:40- 16:00 Afternoon Refreshment and Networking
Break
16:00 End of Day Two

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Conference Day 3: 21 April 2017
Interactive Post-Conference Workshop
EXAMINING QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASUREMENTS TOOLS TO COMBAT FRAUD AND ENHANCE ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY
Lead By: Andrew Harland
Chief Executive Officer
Examination Officers Association
The dishonest practices-usually referred to more coyly as misconduct or misrepresentation- is undermining the quality, and
credibility of higher education around the world. We shall use ‘fraud’ as a general term to designate such malpractice and make
the academic operations of higher education institutions the primary focus. Alarmed by the increasing frequency of press
report on corrupt practices in the higher education sector. This is a wake-up call to higher education worldwide-particularly to
quality assurance bodies. Higher Education Institutions, governments, employers, and societies generally, in both developed
and developing countries, are far too complacent about the growth of corrupt practices, either if these vices occur somewhere
else or ignoring rumours of malpractice in their own organizations.
The aim of this workshop is to provide guidelines to the various stakeholders for effective international and local best practices
in combatting corruption in higher education- with a special focus on the role that quality assurance should play. This will
include a matrix that lists some of the major issues for action and indicates which stakeholders should address them.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
08:00 Registration and Early- Morning Refreshments
08:30 Welcome Remarks, Introduction, and Overview
Session 1
10:15 Mid-Morning Refreshments
10:35 Session 2
13:00 Conclusions, Lunch, and Departure

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