National credit framework

  • February 1, 2024
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National credit framework

Subject: Schemes

Section: Education 

Context: 

  • The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed significant changes to the academic framework for secondary and higher secondary education

More on news:

  • Changes include shift from studying two languages to three in Class 10,with the requirement that at least two must be native Indian languages.
  • Students in Class 10 may now need to pass in 10 subjects, as opposed to the current requirement of five.
  • The proposed changes for class 12 involved students studying two languages instead of one, with the condition that at least one must be a native Indian language.
  • The proposed changes form part of the CBSE’s broader initiative to implement a national credit framework in school education.
  • Creditisation aims to establish academic equivalence between vocational and general education, facilitating mobility between the two education systems, as proposed by the National Education Policy 2020.

About Notional learning:

  • Notional learning refers to a stipulated amount of time that an average student would need to spend in order to attain the specified outcomes.
  • Each subject has been allotted a certain number of hours so that, in a year, a student spends a total of 1200 learning hours to be declared pass.
  • The hours will include both academic learning at school and non-academic or experiential learning outside the school.

About Credit System:

  • The credits earned by a student will be digitally stored in the Academic Bank of Credits and accessible through a linked Digilocker account.
  • The credits will be “independent” of the marks obtained by a student.
  • About National Credit Framework(NCrF):
  • The National Credit Framework (NCrF) is based on the recommendation of an inter-ministerial committee led by Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi
  • NCrF is about giving credit for each and every activity a student does in one’s lifetime as a student. Many sports, vocational training, science projects, art and craft activities and other such things will get credits.
  • NCrF aims to bring all school students under a unified credit system.
National credit framework Schemes