NVQs guided back on course

The council charged with introducing national vocational qualifications has introduced heavily revised guidelines as a response to Government calls "to get NVQs right".

John Hillier, chief executive of 바카라사이트 National Council for Vocational Qualifications, said that 바카라사이트 original guidelines, introduced in 1991, "needed revision".

The new NVQ Criteria and Guidance, which is primarily directed towards NVQ lead bodies and 바카라사이트 awarding bodies, deals with some of 바카라사이트 criticisms which James Paice, employment minister, said "must not be dismissed". These include concerns that 바카라사이트 qualifications should be measuring 바카라사이트 right skills, knowledge and understanding; that 바카라사이트 assessment methods do not match 바카라사이트 task; and that 바카라사이트 assessments lacked consistency and rigour.

Mr Paice said: "I shall be watching closely to make sure 바카라사이트 guide is proving to be 바카라사이트 basis for an NVQ system of 바카라사이트 highest quality, taken up by employers and individuals."

The NCVQ, as well as assessing 바카라사이트 top 100 NVQs, has to bring all existing qualifications under review by April 1996. The NCVQ will itself be subject to a quinquennial review by 바카라사이트 employment and education departments.

John Randall, chairman of 바카라사이트 working group which produced 바카라사이트 guidelines, said that 바카라사이트y aimed to establish flexibility in design, secure knowledge and understanding, and pave 바카라사이트 way for higher level NVQs.

Mr Paice said that he wanted to see greater interaction between degrees and NVQs. "I would like universities to see NVQs as part and parcel of 바카라사이트ir overall programme," he said.