Can’t imagine some institute not following National Standards
Is your knowledge on NHEQF, NSQF, NCrF, NCCF, NCVET and the role of Standards setting n’ Sector Skill Councils only surface deep? What’s their core purpose ? How to map curriculum and courses with the set national standards to ensure that your degrees and diplomas stay valid ? How to plan a micro skill course of the future with some global industry giants carrying valid credits and help your learners stack high value-worth credits ?
Let us keep reminding ourselves that we are in a unique NEP 2020 environment of students’ mobility, exit-entry and credit-carrying options. We can’t sing our own solo song sitting on some hilltop. We need to join a chorus across HEIs. We also can’t afford to deliver run- of-the-mill courses of our grandpa’s times or blindly follow model courses without applying our minds to our students’ learning needs. And when we set to design and develop our curriculum and courses, we need full knowledge of National Frameworks.
Just checking if your department faculty meet once a week to exchange new knowledge ? I recommend that you may adopt this as a best practice if not already have one. Given the fact that your students are mandated to learn, at least 30 hours a week as per the UGC mandate, and you need to clock minimum 40 hours, it leaves you with approximately 10 hours of multiple essential engagements (not discussing here for the sake of brevity). So, out of this, keep one hour a week to illuminate self and reflect upon infinite possibilities. Maybe you should start your upcoming brainstorming session next week with NHEQF, NSQF, NCrf, NCCF,NCVET exchange. Only if you deliberate, you will implement and conform to the National standards.
Well, if NAAC is just the only buzz word that infuses fire in you and makes you a serious customer, then let me share that the above said frameworks shall invite a significantly high weighted marks in the upcoming Binary as well as MBL format of future NAAC requiring string of evidences. It is thus inevitable to implement national standards and stay on the right side of the regulatory norms. It is not optional. It is a MUST DO.
-Prof JR Sharma.
