New Norms for Vocational Studies
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NEW DELHI: In order to address the skill shortage, HRD ministry has proposed a National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF) on international lines to link various qualifications and set common principles and guidelines for nationally recognised qualification system.
The unified system of national qualification will cover schools, vocational education and training institutions and higher education sector. NVQF is based on nationally recognised occupational standards — a detailed listing of all major activities that a worker must perform in the occupation — or competency standards — a detailed listing of the knowledge, skills and attitude that a worker should possess to perform a task — written by the particular employment-led sector skills council.
NVQF, to be discussed in the meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), is to implement PM Manmohan Singh’s stress to set up a Vocational Education Mission. CABE will also discuss new legislations like the NCHER Bill, setting up of national depository for certificates and issues like common science and mathematics curriculum in Class 11 and 12.
The PM had declared 1,600 new industrial training institutes and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new skill development centres to ensure 100 lakh students get vocational training. Currently, 17 ministries/departments run vocational educational training programmes to 28 lakh people.
Eleven countries presently have NVQFs — including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland and UK.
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NEW DELHI: In order to address the skill shortage, HRD ministry has proposed a National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF) on international lines to link various qualifications and set common principles and guidelines for nationally recognised qualification system.
The unified system of national qualification will cover schools, vocational education and training institutions and higher education sector. NVQF is based on nationally recognised occupational standards — a detailed listing of all major activities that a worker must perform in the occupation — or competency standards — a detailed listing of the knowledge, skills and attitude that a worker should possess to perform a task — written by the particular employment-led sector skills council.
NVQF, to be discussed in the meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), is to implement PM Manmohan Singh’s stress to set up a Vocational Education Mission. CABE will also discuss new legislations like the NCHER Bill, setting up of national depository for certificates and issues like common science and mathematics curriculum in Class 11 and 12.
The PM had declared 1,600 new industrial training institutes and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new skill development centres to ensure 100 lakh students get vocational training. Currently, 17 ministries/departments run vocational educational training programmes to 28 lakh people.
Eleven countries presently have NVQFs — including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland and UK.
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