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The Institute of Educational Research (IER) had its roots back to the 1960s as a research, documentation and publication Unit of the then Faculty of Education. It was established as an arm of the Faculty of Education in 1968, to foster and coordinate research activities in the Faculty. By 1983, the Unit had grown considerably to become an autonomous Institute and showed further growth when it absorbed what used to be the University Testing Center in 1987. In August 2000, the Ministry of Education gave a mandate to the Institute to coordinate the Pedagogical Center for Higher Education at national level to enhance the teaching-learning aspects of higher education. In September 2005, the Institute launched its own MA and PhD programs in Educational Research and Development for the first time. What is more, as of January 07, 2020, the University established the Center for Higher Education Research and Training (CHERT) within the structure of IER. On October 07, 2021 the AAU’s Senate approved the launching of a…