IITs to adopt National Credit Framework; five workshops organised

All 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) will adopt the National Credit Framework (NCrF). This decision was taken in an IIT Council meeting that was held on April 18 at IIT Bhubaneswar.

The UGC chairman presented on NCrF and informed the council that “the National Education Policy 2020 envisions making education more holistic and effective and emphasizes the integration of general (academic) education and vocational education. A national credit accumulation and transfer system is essential to fulfilling this vision. Govt. of India constituted a High-Level Committee with members from UGC, AICTE, NCVET, NIOS, CBSE, NCERT, DGT, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Skill Development.”

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This meeting was presided over by the Education Minister, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, and the directors of all 23 IITs and Chairman UGC Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar participated in the deliberations.

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After the presentation made by the UGC Chairman, the IIT Council decided unanimously to adopt the National Credit Framework and implement it across all IITs.

Kumar also claimed that the IITs had conducted region-wise awareness workshops. Five workshops were organised viz. at IIT Delhi on November 21, 2022 for North Zone, at IIT Bhubaneswar on November 24, 2022 for East Zone, at IIT Guwahati on November 26, 2022 for North East Zone, at IIT Bombay on November 28, 2022 for West Zone and at IIT Madras on November 29, 2022 for South Zone.