National credit framework
- February 1, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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.