Glossary
Assessment task: where the skill is demonstrated
An assessment task puts a skill into a situation and has it demonstrated: case study, technical scenario, production under constraint. Its marking scheme is published beforehand and applies to the whole cohort.
What an assessment task puts at stake
An assessment task is a marked exercise that places the candidate in a professional situation: analysing a real case, securing a system, producing a deliverable under time pressure. It carries a marking scheme published in advance, applied identically across the cohort. The result feeds into validating the unit and, through it, into the credits earned.
- An assessment task creates a situation, it does not recite a lecture
- The marking scheme is published beforehand and holds for the whole cohort
- The result feeds into validating the unit and its credits
Four assessment formats
On the Cybersecurity programme, an assessment task places the candidate in front of a system to audit within a set time: they identify, prioritise, propose and justify. The Project Management certification works the same way on a complete project file. In both cases, what is marked is the decision taken, not the formula recited.
The case study
A real file, incomplete data, a decision to reach and justify in writing.
The technical scenario
An environment to configure, secure or repair, marked on the outcome and on the method.
Production under constraint
A deliverable expected within a set time, held to the quality standards of the target role.
The oral analysis
An exchange where the candidate defends their choices before an examiner testing how solid the reasoning is.
Programmes that assess in situation
2 catalogue programmes put “Assessment task” to work: 138 credits and 1380 taught hours in total. The official rule holds throughout — one credit stands for 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Every line below is recomputed from the programme page: level, duration, credits, taught volume and fees in Guinean francs appear exactly as filed in the official catalogue.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Volume | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity programme — Bac+5 level | Master's degree | 2 years | 120 credits · 1200 taught hours | 7 500 000 GNF per year |
| Project Management Certificate | Professional certification | 6 months | 18 credits · 180 taught hours | 2 900 000 GNF in total |
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