Overview of National Qualification frameworks - Project-Nqf-Sqf

For countries that don’t plan to introduce an NQF:__Are there plans to implement the EQF? If so, please describe.2 Segments of the educational system__ Which segments of the educational system are differentiated in your country (e.g. GeneralEducation, Vocational schools / dual system 1 , VET, Higher Education, Adult Education)?Please give a short survey in note form.The Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) has two learning pathways from Levels 1 to 5 withGeneral Education on the left and Vocational Education and Training on the right. From Level6 to Level 8 the dividing line between General Education and VET does not exist thusindicating that there is one Higher Education area in Malta.Academic degrees achieved from the University have the same parity of esteem as professionaldegrees achieved from the VET Institutes. Some of the VET courses operate the dual systemand students benefit from hands-on experience in industry.Adults over twenty three years of age benefit from the maturity clause and can have access toUniversity and any VET Institute following an aptitude test. The availability of part-timecourses in public and private institutions encourage many adult learners to invest in theircontinuous professional development by taking on further and higher education while theywork. In 2010 there was a rise in the demand for short courses for adult learners who can attendcourses either during the day or in the evening in a number of subjects to achieve the KeyCompetences in MQF Levels 1 to 3. The Employment and Training Corporation and theDirectorate for Lifelong Learning of the ministry of Education, Employment and the Familyoffers a number of qualifications to the unemployed as well as to those who are in employmentbut feel the need for up-skilling for job retention or for job mobility.3 Referencing the EQF__ Which tools are used to create an interface to EQF?The Referencing Report linked the level descriptors of the MQF to those of the EQF and the QF-EHEA. The eight levels of the Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) represent qualificationsthat demonstrate the level of difficulty indicated in the European Qualifications Framework(EQF).__ How are interfaces between the NQF and the EQF defined? How is it managed? How arelearning outcomes from EQF accredited in the NQF? How are qualifications from aneducation abroad generally accredited? Who is responsible for those definitions andaccreditation?The MQF and the EQF both have eight levels of difficulty defined in learning outcomes. Theydescribe Knowledge, Skills and Competences that individuals should achieve at the end of alearning process. They indicate the level of autonomy and supervision needed in the lowerlevels and they indicate how the learner can act as a supervisor or manager of people or projectsfrom Levels 4 upwards.1 Dual system: In countries such as in Austria or Germany apprenticeship training takes places at two differentsites: company-based training of apprentices is complemented by compulsory attendance of a part-time vocationalschool for apprentices [“Berufsschule”]. Thus, apprenticeship training is also referred to as “dual vocationaltraining system” or as “dual system”.Page 2/2