5.1.1. The Purpose of the moderation:

Moderation is a process that ensures appropriate standards from designing the assessment to confirmation of the marks/grades by the Board of Examiners. It refers to a range of procedures conducted by an academic member/staff/Board to ensure that assessment tasks and marking are accurate, consistent, appropriate to the level of the assessment, ILOs & PLOs, and comparable with equivalent examinations in other institutions that offer similar study programmes. It will also contribute to continuous enhancement of assessment practices and ensure equality, fairness, accuracy and consistency in providing grades, awards & feedback. Moderation is a process that ensures the quality and relevance of graduates in relation to requirements of stakeholders.

A faculty shall have Faculty Board approved policies and forms of moderation for different types/components of assessments to ensure the proper operation of moderation processes. In addition, moderation methods shall be communicated to staff and students in appropriate forums. The Course-Coordinator/Chief- Examiner/HoD shall ensure that the moderation of assessments occurs as agreed and keep documented as defined by faculty policy. The Curriculum Committee/Academic Development and Planning Committee of each faculty shall be responsible for designing necessary specific SOPs under these guidelines and that shall be monitored by the IQAC.

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Dictionary meanings of “moderation”:

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/moderation?q= moderation (moderation: the quality of being reasonable and not being extreme)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/moderation (Moderation: the quality of doing something within reasonable limits)

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