The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) was notified as an overarching skills regulator on 5th December 2018 vide notification No. SD-17/113/2017-E&PW

The NCVET will regulate the functioning of entities engaged in vocational education and training, both long & short-term, and establish minimum standards for the functioning of such entities.

Pursuing its mandate, NCVET has developed a draft of the ‘Guidelines for Recognition of the Awarding Bodies’. These guidelines are an attempt to standardize operations and outcomes of the Awarding Bodies (ABs) in the skills ecosystem. This will lead to improvement in quality and market relevance of skill development programs lending credibility to vocational education and training, encouraging greater private investment and employer participation in the skills space.
Guidelines define scope, criteria, tenure and detailed process of recognition as an AB. A robust mechanism of monitoring and evaluation based on well-defined parameters forms integral part of the guidelines.
The AB guidelines are structured as eligibility criteria and continuance criteria. The eligibility criteria ensures that ABs demonstrate required sustainable capacity earmarking the basic minimal organizational requirements and necessities. The continuation criteria ensures continuity of an awarding body based on its performance against the monitoring and evaluation parameters.

Comments are invited from public on the proposed guidelines.

Click here to read ‘Guidelines for Recognition of the Awarding Bodies’

Last date of submission is 30th September 2020