Dharmendra Pradhan to set off public consultation on National Credit Framework tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan will start public consultation on the National Credit Framework (NCrF) from tomorrow, October 19, 2022. Pradhan chaired a high-level meeting with the committee preparing the National Credit Framework for school education, higher education and skilling today.

Anita Karwal, secretary, school education; Sanjay MurthySecretary, higher education; Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, chairman, National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), and senior officials of the education and skill development ministry attended the meeting.

The Ministry of Education is planning to introduce NCrF from Class 5 to PhD. The credit framework will consider both academic and extracurricular activities like sports, yoga and music for assessment.

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The NCrF has been drafted by a high-level committee including members from the education ministry and autonomous bodies under it – UGC, AICTE, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) – and the ministry of skill development along with Directorate General of Training (DGT) and NCVET.

The government had approved the constitution of a high-level committee in November last year to develop a National Credit Accumulation and Transfer Framework for both vocational and general education.

“The Credit Framework would enable the integration of academic and vocational domains or components of learning and ensure flexibility and mobility between the two,” said an official statement.