All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) The National High Equation Qualification Framework (NHEQF) and the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) have been introduced in the Integrated Credit Framework (NHEQF) for the movement from professional and vocational education to engineering and technology. It aims to align it with the objective of National Policy on Education (NEP) 2020.
As per the credit framework, after the completion of class 10, students will receive 3 credits, at the end of class 12 or in the second year of diploma, 4 credits will be given. A student will get 6 credits after completing BE or BTech and 7 credits after ME or MTech. After PhD degree, students will get 8 Unified Credit Levels (UCF). “All AICTE approved institutes/technical universities are requested to make necessary amendments in their statutes and implement the same,” read the official notice.
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The council has said that on every admission, every institution or university will have to identify the educational gap or skill gap and thereafter offer the appropriate bridge course. In order to make the students employable after each exit, a skill component with progressive enhancement of skills in the respective disciplines may be included in the curriculum from the first year of the programme.
Introduction and Implementation of the Credit Framework for the Movement from Vocational/Vocational Education #Engineering And #technology to align with the purpose of #NEP2020,
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The NHEQF was introduced to ensure that a student is employable after exiting their education and the credit level would help illustrate this. According to the information brochure by AICTE, a credit structure allows vertical and lateral mobility within the vocational education system and between existing education systems. The credit framework defines the rules for credit allocation and follows the NSQF regulatory framework.
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The framework basically allows a clear path between the ITI and the vocational education system and consequently in the traditional education system. It does not replace the current education landscape. The council said it defines the rules for credit allocation and follows the NSQF regulatory framework.
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