Overview of National Qualification frameworks - Project-Nqf-Sqf

There are many systems of qualification in France if we consider that a qualification refers to the act which consists inevaluating the skills of an individual against a “standard” defining the nature of those skills, the criteria used to assess thepossession of those skills, the methods of evaluation and the actors competent to evaluate.In 2002, the Law of January 17 allowed the creation of a National Vocational Qualifications Repertory (repertoire national desCertifications Professionnelles – RNCP) to make an official inventory of all the qualifications delivered in France correspondingto this definition. In addition, to be included in, the qualification must proposed certification process concerning formal, nonformal or informal learning, and especially a specific procedure named « validation des acquis d’expérience » (VAE) for the nonformal and informal learning recognition.Three kinds of qualifications are defined to be registered:__qualifications delivered by the ministry of Education and 6 other ministries which have specific committee composed byrepresentatives of the State and the social partners in charge specifically of agriculture, culture (only for some qualifications),employment, health, social affairs, youth and sports)__qualifications delivered by sectoral branches and decided through a social partners agreement__qualifications delivered by other ministries, public or private institutions or chambers of commerce.All the segments of educational French system (VET for young people and adults, Higher Education, sectorial qualification…)are integrated in the NQF.2.4 AustriaFigure 6Organisation of the education system in Austria 2008/2009Source: Eurydice, Organisation of the education system in France, Brussels, 2009Primary school (Grundschule) (ages 6 to 10)General secondary school (Hauptschule) (ages 10 to 14)__Within certain limits, each school may develop its own special profile (e.g. languages, music, art and design, sports, science,ecology, computer science, etc.).__In addition, there are special types with a sports or music and arts bias.Special school (Sonderschule) (ages 6 to 15)Special schools comprise eight grades, or nine if polytechnic schools or a career preparation year are taken into account. Theycomprise ten different branches. Students receive a basic education from specially trained teachers who use methods tailoredto meet the child’s individual requirements; this schooling is designed to prepare the student for career training or furthereducation.Polytechnic school (Polytechnische Schule) (ages 14 to 15)NQF-SQF:"This project has been funded with support from12/13Overview of National Qualificationprepared by 3s research laboratoryframeworksthe European Commission. This publicationreflects the views only of the author, and theCommission cannot be held responsible for anyuse which may be made of the informationcontained therein."