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Centre plans to launch credit framework, on education integration
August 30, 2022
To ensure a seamless integration of school, higher and vocational education, the government will soon introduce a National Credit Framework (NCrF), officials familiar with the development said.
While a credit-based framework is already in place in technical and higher education, it will be the first time that school and vocational education will be included in it.
A high-level committee constituted last year to develop the framework has finalized its draft report, according to officials at the education ministry.
“The idea is to bring the entire education system, including school education, higher education, and vocational education, to a unified credit platform,” a ministry official said, requesting anonymity. “It means credits will be assigned right from the school to PhD levels and will get deposited at one platform.”
The University Grants Commission, India’s higher education regulator, last year launched an Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) for higher education. The ABC works as a digital repository of credits earned by students. So far, it is limited to higher education.
Under the proposed framework, the ABC will be expanded and linked to DigiLocker, the online digitization service provided by the electronics and IT ministry. Currently, DigiLocker can be used to store academic records of students by Central Board of Secondary Education and other state education boards, besides a host of other government documents.
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