Stephanie Allais
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 123
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Reviews existing research on the English National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and the early reforms leading to the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, as well as the other three "early starter" qualifications frameworks (Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) in five case studies based on existing research and documentation. A further 11 case studies are based on new fieldwork. Mexico and Chile were researched as these countries started work on the development of Labour Competence Frameworks in the late 1990s, even though they do not yet have NQFs per se. Malaysia, Mauritius, and Botswana can be described as "second generation" NQFs. Sri Lanka, Turkey, Lithuania, Tunisia, Bangladesh, and Russia have more recently started developing qualifications frameworks, with Russia being the most recent. The study also involved a review of available literature, a critical analysis of the different roles of qualifications in educational reform, and the development of a proposed typology of qualifications frameworks.