The Ministry of Education recently unveiled a draft’National Credit Framework’ (NCrF)which aims to bring the entire education system, from school to university, into the academic ‘credit’ regime and has sought public view.

According to the framework, an academic year will be defined by the number of hours a student puts in. Credits will be provided to them accordingly at the end of each academic year.

The framework has been formulated under the (Establishment and Operation of Academic Bank of Credits in Higher Education) Regulations, notified in July 2021.

The report of the high-level committee on the NCrF, put out in public domain, proposes credit levels from class 5 onward itself – which will be credit level 1, going up to credit level 7 and 8 with post-graduation and a doctorate, respectively.