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IITs Lead the Way in Promoting a Standardized Education System with National Credit Framework

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The National Credit Framework (NCF) is a system that aims to standardize the process of transferring academic credits earned by students across different higher education institutions in India. This means that students who have completed courses or earned credits at one institution can transfer those credits to another institution and have them recognized without any ambiguity or confusion.The NCF provides a common framework for universities and colleges to recognize and transfer credits, which will make it easier for students to pursue higher education in different institutions, and to continue their education seamlessly if they need to change institutions for any reason.

In simpler terms, it means that if a student has completed a course in one college or university and decides to pursue further studies in another institution, their credits for the completed course can be transferred and recognized by the new institution based on the standards set by the NCF, without any loss of time or effort.

All 23 IITs have decided to adopt the National Credit Framework and implement it across all campuses. The decision was taken at an IIT Council meeting on April 18, 2021, which was held at IIT Bhubaneswar. The adoption of a national credit framework by the IIT council is a significant step towards providing a better equivalence of credits obtained in general (academic) education, technical education, and skill & vocational education. This will promote a more inclusive and unified education system across the country, making it easier for students to transfer credits between different institutions and disciplines. Moreover, this move by the IITs will also encourage other higher education institutions to adopt and implement the national credit framework, creating a more standardized education system throughout the country.

The UGC had constituted a high-level committee to implement the national credit accumulation and transfer system at IIT. Besides members from the UGC, the committee will have members from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), and Directorate General of Training (DGT). The education and skill development ministries will also have members on the panel.

IITs have taken a lead role in conducting region-wise awareness workshops to educate teachers and administrators from school education and higher education about the National Credit Framework (NCF). These workshops have been organized at different IITs across the country, covering all the four zones (North, East, West, and South). The workshops were held at IIT Delhi on November 21, 2022, for the North Zone, at IIT Bhubaneswar on November 24, 2022, for the East Zone, at IIT Guwahati on November 26, 2022, for the North East Zone, at IIT Bombay on November 28, 2022, for the West Zone, and at IIT Madras on November 29, 2022, for the South Zone. These workshops are expected to play a crucial role in creating awareness and promoting the adoption of the NCF in the education system

The founders of PracBee are senior IITians, passionate about education in India and ensuring high performance of students.

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