The purposes of assessment. Within the educational system everyone has a stake in the outcomes of schooling: students, parents, business and industry, government and society. Each group for different reasons feels the need to be aware of the progress that is being made in studentsâ learning.
SokodÃ© is the second largest city in Togo and seat of the Tchaoudjo and Centrale Region in the center of the country, 339 kilometres north of LomÃ©. With a population of 86,500, currently at around 113,000, the city is situated between the Mo and Mono rivers, and it is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural areas. It is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious city, but is dominated by Islam.
In mid-1999 the United Nations estimated Togo's population at 4.5 million. With an average annual population growth of 2.6 percent, the population is projected to grow by the year 2025 to 8.5 million. Some 31 percent of the population lives in towns, which have an urban growth rate of 4.8 percent.