ABOUT NVQF
The National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVQF) is a system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge and competencies acquired by individuals, irrespective of where and how the training or skill was acquired. The system gives a clear statement of what the learner must know or be able to do whether the learning took place in a classroom, on-the-job, or less formally. The framework indicates the comparability of different qualifications and how one can progress from one level to another.
Thus, a National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVQF) will provide descriptions of the occupational competences to be demonstrated, as well as a common grid of skill levels for all qualifications included within the framework. Typically, in line with the first NVQF developed in UK in 1986, such framework will be a grid of about five (5) steps from the Lowest Competence Level (an Unskilled or Semiskilled Worker) to the Highest (Advanced Professional). The level descriptors for each framework define the generic outcomes expected at each level.
The vocational qualifications framework is a hierarchical system for arranging generic skills to be demonstrated and assessed on the job. The framework is a specification of competencies expected of a skilled worker who is gainfully employed in an occupational area at the appropriate level. The main objective of NVQF is to enhance quality, accountability, transparency, access, progression, and comparability of qualifications in relation to the labour market needs.
RECENT INITIATIVE OF NIGERIA FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND NBTE TOWARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF NVQF
The National Steering Committee on National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVQF) was set up by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr. Mas’udu A. Kazaure, and the Committee was inaugurated by the Hon. Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmad Rufa’i OON, on 16th December 2010. The membership of the Committee was drawn from various Ministries, Departments and industry organisations. The Committee was charged to draw up a draft National Vocational Qualifications Framework for Nigeria, with terms of reference (TORs) including; specification of the Framework indicating levels of attainment, level descriptors, quality assurance of qualifications, registration of training centres, as well as required legal framework and involvement of the industry.
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