Dr. Sergij Gabršček

was a member of the Department for Ceramics at Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, where he cooperated in several research projects. In 1992 he received an award of the Republic of Slovenia for scientific and research work.

From 1982 to 1987 he worked at Iskra Delta as a projector and project manager developing new computer operated systems in chemical industry and related fields.

Since 1991 he has been working in the field of education. In 1992 he became head of the Department for Evaluation at The National Education Institute and in 1993 the director of The National Examination Centre, which he set up and managed until 1999. During his work at The National Examination Centre he set up a wide network of cooperation with experts and examination centres all around the world. As an expert he cooperated in several international projects sponsored by various international organisations (OECD, Council of Europe, UNESCO, World Bank, IBO and others) in the field of certification systems. Since 1999 he has been the director of the department for research and development at CPZ-International.

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Metka Uršič

started as a researcher at Lek, where she developed new products in the Department for Research and Development. She has also cooperated in research projects at The Institute for Nutrition at the Faculty for Medicine in Ljubljana. From 1993 to 1999 she cooperated with The Examinations Centre, where she set up a publishing section, which also included pre-printing services, electronic printing and sales network for the publications, and as the first one in Slovenia introduced print on demand.

As editor she managed the publishing policy of the Centre. She supported many deficitary fields of assessment by publishing the first collections of questions for the examinations and materials for candidates and teachers to help them to prepare for the examinations. She has also supported important examination fields, for which there are very few candidates, such as philosophy. She has edited over 100 publications. Her work was also directed at public relations, informing the public, students and parents. She opened the field of analysis of questions for the examinations and the field of copyright law for the examinations. She began and lead the standardisation of the examination procedures of The National Education Institute according to the ISO 9001 standards. Since 1999 she has been the director of CPZ – International.

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