A senior official told ET that the government foresees multiple challenges in implementing the NCrF, including standardisation across different qualification frameworks while addressing the unique needs of each stream. Besides issues of data security and privacy related to Aadhaar-enabled data of millions of students in the country is also a huge challenge.
“The high-level committee will have to address issues related to maintaining the privacy of Aadhaar-enabled student registration and an academic bank of credit account that will have students’ data,” the official said.
In a recent circular, seen by ET, the government directed the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education to set up committees at their levels to fulfil the roles and responsibilities under the NCrF, besides suggesting the related autonomous bodies to use the expertise of the high-level committee for any guidance when required.
The NCrF, which was notified by the government in April this year, divides education and vocational training into eight levels for which credits are assigned. Candidates pursuing any of these will earn credits, which will allow mobility of the candidates between the two anytime between class 5 and PhD
The NCrF is a meta-framework that consists of the National School Education Qualification Framework (NSEQF), National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF) and National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).
The main components of the NCrF include credits earned by virtue of completed academic education, credits earned by virtue of undergoing vocational education, training/skill programme, credit points earned by virtue of relevant experiential learning including relevant experience and professional levels acquired.