Developing National Competency Standards and Competency Assessment Tools for NVQS, Nepal

Date: June 19-30, 2023 /
Program Type: Consultancy Program

Main Contents

At the end of the program, participants will be able to perform the following functions under the national vocational qualifications system:

A. Competency Standard Development Facilitator:

  1. Recognize the role and functions of NVQS
  2. Understand the National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVQF) level of Nepal
  3. Understand how the competency standards have developed based on the experiences and procedures of different countries
  4. Be familiar with the overview of sector wise functional analysis
  5. Be familiar with the competency standards development procedures based on international standard (Technical Education and Skills Development [TESDA] Philippines) practices
  6. Prepare workshop materials and venue
  7. Facilitate competency standards development
  8. Facilitate competency standards validation workshop
  9. Finalize competency standards

B. Competency Standard Development Content Developer:

  1. Recognize the role and functions of NVQS
  2. Understand the NVQF level of Nepal
  3. Understand how the competency standards have developed based on the experiences and procedures of different countries
  4. Be familiar with the overview of sector wise functional analysis
  5. Be familiar with the competency standards development procedures based on international standard (TESDA Philippines) practices
  6. Develop Draft Competency Standard as per assigned qualification

C. Competency Assessment Tool Developer:

  1. Identify the 4 stages in developing CAP/Ts (Competency Assessment Package/Tools)
  2. Follow the procedures in developing CAP/Ts
  3. Prepare the standard CAP/Ts that will be acceptable to all end users