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

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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.