Many countries are trying to improve the relevance, quality and flexibility of their education and training systems, and many of them are looking to qualification frameworks as a tool for bringing about this reform. In 2009, the ILO's Skills and Employability Department launched its Qualifications Framework Research Project to study the impact and implementation of [National Qualifications Frameworks] NQFs in developing countries to help fill this knowledge gap and to be able to provide more evidence-based advice to member States. The research program, comprising some 17 country case studies a
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Many countries are trying to improve the relevance, quality and flexibility of their education and training systems, and many of them are looking to qualification frameworks as a tool for bringing about this reform. In 2009, the ILO's Skills and Employability Department launched its Qualifications Framework Research Project to study the impact and implementation of [National Qualifications Frameworks] NQFs in developing countries to help fill this knowledge gap and to be able to provide more evidence-based advice to member States. The research program, comprising some 17 country case studies and a review of academic literature on the NQFs, provides an international comparison of the design and purpose of NQFs in developing countries and an empirical analysis of their use and impact based on the experience of those involved in their design and use. The study aims to understand to what extent establishing an NQF is the best strategy for achieving a country's desired policy objectives, what approaches to qualifications frameworks and their implementation are most appropriate in which contexts and for which purposes, what level of resources (human and other) and what complementary policies might be required to achieve the policy objectives associated with them, and what might be a realistic assessment of the likely outcomes. This working paper comprises five case studies conducted as part of the research.
Excerpts from published foreword.
The case studies are: National vocational qualifications (NVQs) in the United Kingdom: their origins and legacy / Michael Young; The Scottish credit and qualifications framework (SCQF): a case study of a very 'early starter' / David Raffe; The implementation and impact of the New Zealand NQF / Rob Strathdee; From old to new: the Australian qualification framework (AQF) / Leesa Wheelahan; The changing faces of the South African NQF / Stephanie Allais; Lessons from the first qualifications frameworks.
A companion working paper, 'Researching NQFs: some conceptual issues', is indexed at TD/TNC 99.354.
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