In a latest development, the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE is planning to introduce a trial run of the National Credit Framework for grades 6, 9, and 11 which will be applicable for the academic session of 2024-25.
CBSE Introducing Pilot For National Credit Framework
For this initiative, they will be extending invitations to its affiliated schools for participation.
This all started when the government initiated the National Credit Framework (NCrF) as a component of implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) of 2020 last year.
Basically, this initiative aims to facilitate the smooth merging of school, higher, and vocational education.
Hence enabling students to accumulate credits from pre-primary education up to PhD level.
In a letter to school principals, the board noted,”The CBSE developed and circulated draft NCrF implementation guidelines, discussed them in multiple workshops, and received approval from the Union Ministry of Education. To further test, refine and assess their effectiveness in real-world contexts, a pilot implementation of these guidelines has been planned in schools affiliated to CBSE in classes 6, 9 and 11, with effect from session 2024-2025.”
Adding,”Principals of interested schools for this pilot programme are requested to share their contact details through the link (https://forms.gle/5AB2iuxa1k62r2E3A).”
Students Acquiring Credits For Gaining Relevant Experience
This will also help the students in accruing credits through various avenues such as classroom instruction, laboratory activities, projects, participation in sports and performing arts, involvement in NCC and social work, vocational education, and experiential learning.
So that they can encompass relevant experience and acquire professional levels, among other endeavors.
According to the board, “this would close the gap in achievement of learning outcomes by shifting the classroom education to competency and learning outcome-based education and learning. The assessment is thus mandatory for earning credits for all types of learning.”
Further, the board noted that the credits obtained will be stored in the student’s Academic Bank of Credit (ABC).
Moving ahead, it will be further connected with the student’s APAAR ID and DigiLocker in the future.
