“All hands-on deck, we need to move everything online as quickly as possible”. The message circulated among all universities since the lockdown initiated throughout the world. The world has seen a dramatic change during the COVID-19 pandemic in almost every sector of life and higher education institutions (HEIs) are not an exception. There is a crucial link between the institutions and the society, and higher education institution is a subset of society (Francois 2015; Gary et al, 2013). Research in the HEIs culminate in societal development, while the shift in the ways the society/environment operates also determines the functionalities of the HEIs (Adedayo, 2015; Mark, & Sar, 2015 and Sasere & Makhasane, 2020). Since the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic on the social landscape, the delivery of education in the HEIs through virtual classroom teaching has been revolutionized. The HEIs have shifted from physical classrooms to home-based/ online classes to stop the spread of the virus. The closure of educational institutions has negatively affected education delivery and assessment. The HEIs throughout the world have redesigned their education delivery systems and also the assessment systems (Zhang, Wang, Yang & Wang, 2020). However, the success rate of online learning and assessment varied among countries (Crawford et al, 2020). Some HEIs transited to online learning education via Learning Management Systems like e-learning portals, social media, etc. But some HEIs grappled with the online/virtual teaching and learning with very little or no result at all. During the transition from traditional classes the most vital and challenging phase has been the assessment methods.

Keeping in view the relevance of the issue to the today’s education model, it is timely to determine the best practices adopted across the world in the virtual assessment. This symposium focuses on the virtual assessment tools, the challenges, and the way forward in education. The basic purpose of the symposium is to gather renowned speakers from all over the world to share their experience of using virtual assessment tools, to share the challenges they might have faced, and the measures taken to address these challenges.

The theme of this symposium revolves around virtual assessment tools, challenges and way forward. This symposium will draw collectively research fellowships from diverse fields in collaboration, to share their research findings and latest ideas. The main intention of this symposium is to integrate interdisciplinary inquiry to deliver the best pedagogical solutions available to face this novel form of teaching and learning.

Attending this remarkable event will help participants sharpen their skills and refine their ideas as well as approaches by meeting with their peers and counterparts. They will also have the chance to meet experts and high-level delegates, and share ideas and research findings from past and present. Participants can build new networks to meet different personalities and learn about the latest teaching and learning trends.

This symposium serves as a unique confluence of networking, entertainment, learning, and in one ensemble. This event will require you to develop and challenge participants with their ideas and proposals for further exploration.