Experience of Designing and Implementing the National Vocational Qualifications Framework of Sri Lanka

The development of TVET through individual training organizations in the absence of national level planning resulted in variety of courses with no uniformity across institutions and they often lacked the competencies expected by the industry. The emergence of free market economy and the growth of private sector industry necessitated competent workforce to serve in modern technological environments and hence the government decided in 1997 to embark on a major TVET reform.

Partnership with the Stakeholders in Assuring Quality in Skills Development: Stories of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications

This paper is based on a self reflection of the Vocational Accreditation Division of the
HKCAAVQ (VAD-HKCAAVQ) through three stories – engaging the stakeholders, gateopening,
and networking with industries – that would hopefully shed light on working
towards broad consensus on what models of quality assurance to use in accrediting vocational
qualifications.

The Australian Qualifications Framework: the National Standard for Qualification Outcomes

The primary purpose of qualifications frameworks is to provide a classification for a country’s qualifications according to specified criteria established for the levels of learning achieved. Their other purposes are to ensure qualifications meet the nation’s economic and social needs, contribute to the quality assurance arrangements for providers and qualification delivery, improve pathways to employment, improve pathways through education (credit transfer, articulation and recognition of prior learning) and support international recognition of national qualifications.

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