UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 11 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on National Skills Qualification Framework
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectIndian Economy
- TopicEconomic Growth
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
With reference to ‘National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)’, which of the statements given below is/are correct?
1. Under NSQF, a learner can acquire the certification for competency only through formal learning.
2. An outcome expected from the implementation of NSQF is the mobility between vocational and general education.
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Answer: B. 2 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 only. Mobility between vocational and general education is an expected outcome of the National Skills Qualification Framework, but certification is not confined to formal learning.
Analysis
Statement 2 is CORRECT. The framework provides multiple pathways, horizontal and vertical, within vocational education and training and between vocational, general and technical education, so mobility between streams is exactly what it is designed to enable. Statement 1 is INCORRECT. The framework organises qualifications by levels defined in terms of learning outcomes that the learner must possess regardless of whether they were acquired through formal, non formal or informal learning.
Source
Press reporting on bridging the skills gap and Press Information Bureau material.
How to crack it
The word only in statement 1 is the tell, and it also contradicts the purpose of a qualifications framework, which exists precisely to give recognised value to skills acquired outside classrooms. Ask what problem an instrument was created to solve, and then reject any statement that reinstates the problem. The same reasoning answers questions on the Recognition of Prior Learning scheme, which rests on the identical principle.