Dharmendra Pradhan launches draft of Credit Framework for public consultation

New Delhi: Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched the draft of National Credit Framework (NCrF) for public consultation here on Wednesday.
Taking the vision of the new National Education Policy (NEP) as envisioned under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India has developed the National Credit Framework (NCrF) to enable the integration of academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between the two.
NCrF would be a game changer by opening numerous options for further progression of students and inter-mingling of school and higher education with vocational education and experiential learning, thus mainstreaming skilling and vocational education.
NCrFwill also enable students who have dropped out of the mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem, an official statement said.
Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that Jan-bhagidari is a key pillar of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance and NEP 2020 also embodies the spirit of Jan-bhagidari.
He said National Credit Framework is a next generation, multidimensional instrument under NEP. We are dedicating NCrF for ‘Paramarsh’ to make it more dynamic.
Pradhan further said that National Credit Framework is an umbrella framework for skilling, re-skilling, up-skilling, accreditation & evaluation encompassing our people in educational & skilling institutions and workforce.
‘We have to make India a $5 trillion economy, accomplish the vision of a Vikasit Bharat in the next 25 years and empower 100% of our population and the National Credit Framework will be the most important instrument under NEP for realizing these goals. India is adopting technology at an unprecedented pace. We have to bring reforms to incentivise knowledge, skills & experience. Credits for knowledge acquisition, hands-on training, and positive social outcomes will be a key step for achieving 100% literacy in the next 2-3 years,’ he added.
The Minister appealed to all institutions, schools, ITIs, AICTE-affiliated engineering colleges, centrally-funded HEIs, state universities and regulatory authorities/bodies to host the public consultation for National Credit Framework on their website for seeking suggestions from citizens. (UNI)