Lok Sabha Question No. 1311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Accreditation of Vocational Courses by NBA
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ve Vaithilingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1311 ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025

## Accreditation of Vocational Courses by NBA

## 1311. SHRI VE VAITHILINGAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  subscribes  to  the  view  that  Vocational  Courses  should  be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA);
- (b) whether region-specific courses should be introduced after studying data on demand and supply provided by the Labour Market Information System (LMIS);
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of initiatives proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (d):  Government of India has set up the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) as an overarching regulator for establishing regulations and standards to ensure  quality  in  Vocational  Education  Training  &  Skilling  vide  notification  No.  SD17/113/2017-E&PW  dated  5th  December  2018.  One  of  the  major  mandate  of  NCVET  is National  Skills  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  alignment  and  approval  of  skill  based qualifications being implemented in both short term and long term training ecosystem. The NSQF is  anchored  in  NCVET  and  is  implemented  through,  inter-alia,  the  National  Skills Qualification Committee (NSQC).

The  NSQC  is  responsible  for  NSQF  alignment  and  approval  of  all  types  of  National Occupational Standards (NOS), Micro-Credential (MC), industry-based skill courses and other skill based qualifications including the certificate (short term and Long Term) qualification as well  as  Diploma  &  Advanced  Diploma  Qualifications,  certifications  including  Short  Term Training  (STT),  Long  Term  Training  (LTT)  skilling.  These  qualifications  cater  to  the requirements  of  fresh  skilling,  reskilling  and  upskilling  as  per  requirement.  The  NSQF alignment  of  different  types  of  qualification  also  caters  to  the  multiskilling,  cross  sectoral skilling and/or skilling in emerging and future technologies.

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), under the Ministry of Education is responsible for assuring the quality and relevance of technical education, particularly in programs related to Engineering and Technology, Management, Architecture, Pharmacy, and Hospitality, etc. This  is  achieved  through  a  structured  mechanism  of  outcome-based  program  accreditation offered by various technical institutions.

The Ministry of Education constituted Sector Specific Groups (SSGs) in the 8 different fields each lead by an IIT/IIM/IISc to assess the 'Future of Work' Job requirements and identify a list of courses which need to be curated for future ready workforce. Sectors covered by the SSGs  are  AgriTech  (IIT  Ropar),  Healthcare  and  Bio-Electronics  (IIT  Madras),  Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) (IIM Bangalore), Energy (IIT Delhi), Logistics (IIM Mumbai), Digital and Creative Economy (IIT Bombay), AI in Engineering (IISc Bangalore) & Manufacturing  and  Industry  4.0  (IIT  Madras).  IIT  Delhi  has  already  launched  courses  in Energy Education under this initiative.

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