The Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth (SAMVAY) was launched here on Tuesday to mark National Education Day.
It defines the rules for credit allotment and follows the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) — approved by the Union government last year — which allows students to alternate between vocational and general courses.
“The University Grants Commission in its meeting took a decision on how various Central universities can practice choice-based credit transfer, and I hope all our universities will implement this system in the next academic year so that all our students can seamlessly study from one university to another,” Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said at the launch.
The Ministry also launched the ‘Know Your College’ portal in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla and Ministers of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha and Ram Shankar Katheria. The portal http://www.knowyourcollege-gov.in/ has basic details of colleges offering technical courses that would help students make an informed choice.
