scorecardresearch
Friday, March 29, 2024
Support Our Journalism
HomeIndiaEducationGovt releases framework for credit system in learning, applicable from pre-school to...

Govt releases framework for credit system in learning, applicable from pre-school to PG level

The education ministry has made the framework public to invite feedback from various stakeholders. The consultation process will go on for two months.

Follow Us :
Text Size:

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is all set to bring school education, higher education and skilling under one umbrella of assessment as part of the National Credit Framework (NCrF). The draft framework was released Wednesday and it states that students can now earn credits from pre-school to the post-graduation level.

This framework is based on a report of the ‘high-level inter ministerial committee’ consisting of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC), among others.

The ministry has made the framework public to invite feedback from various stakeholders. The consultation process will go on for two months, following which a final call on its implementation will be taken. The new framework has been brought in as a part of the National Education Policy.

According to the framework, an academic year will be defined by the number of hours a student puts in. Credits will be provided to them accordingly at the end of each academic year.

The document also mentions that all students from Class 5 up to their postgraduate level will have to complete 1,200 academic hours in a year. Forty credits will be awarded for 1,200 academic hours, 27 credits for 800 hours and 33 credits for 1,000 hours.

They will also be awarded a rank on the basis of credits they earn and according to the academic levels they are enrolled in. A student will be at level 4 after finishing Class 12, at level 5.5 after completion of a three-year Bachelor’s degree and level 6 for a four-year degree, including a technical one. The highest educational level is 8 for a doctoral degree.

“The NCrF paves way for multidisciplinary education and empowers students through flexibility in choice of courses for choosing their own learning trajectories and programmes, and thereby choose their paths in life with appropriate career choice, including option for mid-way course corrections, according to their talents and interests,” read the document released by the ministry.

The credits will be awarded on the basis of classroom teaching/learning, laboratory work, class projects, sports and games, yoga, physical activities, performing arts, music, handicraft work, social work, NCC, bag-less days, examinations, vocational education, training and skilling as well as field visits.


Also read: From counting 1-10 to telling time, what Modi govt says your kids should learn from age 5 to 9


Importance of assessment

According to the ministry, the basic principle of the framework is that “credits are a function of successful completion of a program of study. No credit can be earned by the student unless the student is assessed for the achievement of the desired competencies and outcome of a program”.

“It is also clear that in the case of academic education (both school and higher education) progression to the next grade is dependent on the assessment. For eg. unless a student clears 8th grade, the student cannot appear for 10th grade and unless the student clears 10th, the student cannot appear for 12th exam,” the document released by the government adds.

Similarly, to enroll in a college, a student needs to complete Class 12.

The framework also adds that students who finish a skill-based programme that is equivalent to an academic programme will get credits. “One of the dimensions of assigning credit within the NCrF is through relevant experience/proficiency. This relevant experience can be attained either through apprenticeship or work experience post academic learning of vocational learning,” the document further adds.


Also read: Training students for hackathons, revamped infra — all about new ‘PM-SHRI’ scheme for schools


 

Subscribe to our channels on YouTube, Telegram & WhatsApp

Support Our Journalism

India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. ThePrint – with exceptional reporters, columnists and editors – is doing just that.

Sustaining this needs support from wonderful readers like you.

Whether you live in India or overseas, you can take a paid subscription by clicking here.

Support Our Journalism

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Most Popular