National Credit Framework, Objectives, Purpose, Proposed

Context: CBSE Urged the affiliated School Principals to Consider Subject Credit Allocation in Accordance with the National Credit Framework (NcrF).

About National Credit Framework

• What Is It?: It is an umbrella framework encompassing all other qualification frameworks for school, higher and vocational education (such as the National School/higher education qualification framework and National Skill qualification Framework).
• Aim: To integrate academic education and skilling in India.
• Launched: As a part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which advocates that there should be “no hard separations” between vocational and academic streams.
• Developed by: A high-level committee, including members from the UGC, AICTE, National Council for Vocational Education and Training, NCERT, CBSE and other educational departments.
• Credit Learning: NCrF assigns credit-based value to different levels of learning such as academics, skilling, experiential learning, etc.
  • It will be a way to recognise and quantify the learning levels and learning outcomes at different stages of education/vocation.

National Credit Framework Objectives

• Integration of academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between the two.
• Mainstreaming of skilling and vocational education by inter-mingling school and higher education with vocational education and experiential learning.
• National Credit Framework NCrF will also enable students who have dropped out of mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem.

Components of National Credit Framework

The National Credit Framework NCrF encompasses the following three components.

• National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF)
• National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)
• National School Education Qualification Framework (NSEQF)

Purpose of National Credit Framework

• To enable the integration of academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between the two.
• To open options for further progress of students and blend – schools & higher education with vocational education & experiential learning.
• To enable students who have dropped out of mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem.

Proposed Credit Regime under National Credit Framework (NCrF)

• All academic assessments from elementary to higher education, including vocational and skill development courses, are eligible for credits, which can be accumulated in the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC).
• The framework extends to non-academic activities such as sports, games, yoga, physical activities, performing arts, handicrafts, and bag-less days.

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News Summary

• Initial Implementation: Schools are encouraged to start using a sample credit framework for Classes Nine and Eleven in preparation for an official notification next year.
• Current Requirements: A student must pass in 5 subjects (two languages and three main subjects: maths, science, and social science) to pass. With the new National Curriculum Framework, students in Classes Nine and Ten will study ten compulsory subjects.
• Credit Storage: Credits earned will be stored in the Academic Bank of Credit within students’ digilockers.
• Global Reconciliation: The Ministry of Education is developing systems to reconcile credits for students studying abroad, aiming for compatibility with higher education assessments.

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