Glossary
Assessment panel: the decision that binds the institute
The panel settles the validation of a record. It examines results, applies the framework and pronounces the award. It is a human decision, taken by named people, and it binds the institute. Its decision is reasoned, recorded and notified to the candidate.
Who decides, and on what basis
A panel brings together teaching staff and practitioners of the target role to settle the validation of a record. It examines the results obtained, the work submitted and the defence where one takes place, then applies the published framework. Its decision is reasoned, recorded and notified. An examiner awards a mark; only a panel settles the final award.
- Teaching staff and practitioners sit together
- The panel applies the published framework, not a personal view
- The decision is reasoned, recorded and notified to the candidate
How a session runs
On the Management and Project Management programme, the closing panel examines the full file: credits earned, submitted work, project defence. On the Business Law and OHADA Compliance programme, it also sits for prior-learning recognition, where it weighs professional experience against the same framework.
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1 — File preparation
Credits earned, taught hours attended, work submitted: the file is assembled before the sitting.
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2 — Examination of the work
The panel reads the deliverables and holds the results against the framework criteria.
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3 — Exchange with the candidate
Where the programme includes a defence, the candidate argues their choices and answers questions.
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4 — Reasoned decision
The award is pronounced, recorded in the minutes and notified with its grounds.
Programmes closed by a panel
2 catalogue programmes put “Assessment panel” to work: 300 credits and 3000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level | Master's degree | 2 years | 120 credits · 1200 taught hours | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
| Business Law and OHADA Compliance | Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 180 credits · 1800 taught hours | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
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