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National Skills Qualifications Framework is an outcome and competency-based framework

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National Skills Qualifications Framework is an outcome and competency-based framework

Government of India launched the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) in December 2013 and was rationalised and notified in June, 2023. NSQF is an outcome and competency-based framework which organizes qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills, aptitude, and responsibility levels defined in terms of learning outcomes which the learner must acquire through formal, non-formal or informal learning which may comprise of academics, vocational education, training & skilling and experiential learning including relevant experience and proficiency/ professional levels acquired, subject to assessment. The NSQF is segregated from Level 1 to 8, each level represents a different level of skills, complexity, knowledge, responsibility and autonomy. Key features of NSQF are as under:

Under the Govt of India‘s Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/colleges/institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Sikhshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society, including youth, across the country.

To ensure the proper function of the training institutes, the steps/measures taken by the Ministry for monitoring are:

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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  1. Provide for integrating and creditizing vocational education, training and skill learning in various dimensions of academics, skilling and experiential learning including relevant experience and proficiency/ professional levels acquired, subject to assessment;
  2. Clearly prescribe the desired competency levels in terms of knowledge, skills, aptitude, responsibility and learning outcomes expected after undergoing the course/ qualification while assigning a pre-defined NSQF/ NCrF level;
  3. Facilitate assigning of credit levels across vocational education/ skilling including that in school and higher education, based on the cumulative numbers of hours/ years of learning;
  4. Establish academic equivalence between vocational & general education while enabling mobility within & between them;
  5. Enable multi-disciplinarity, multiple entry-multiple exit (ME-ME) and progression pathways within and between school education, higher education, technical education, vocational education, training & skilling, and the job markets;
  6. Provide flexibility for students/ learners to choose their learning trajectories and career choices, including option for mid-way course correction
  7. Recognize learning through close partnership with industry and employers through internships apprenticeships and on the job training across all sectors;
  8. Provide for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through a credible assessment process;
  9. NSQF enables and promotes lifelong learning and skill development.

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