SRI LANKA QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

SRI LANKA QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

(SLQF)

Bachelors Higher Diploma

Bachelors Honours

Postgraduate Certificate

Postgraduate Diploma

Masters by course work

Diploma

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4

9

3

10

Advanced Certificate

2 (GCE A/L or equivalent)

11

Master of Philosophy

Certificate

1

(GCE O/L or equivalent)

Updated Version - September 2015

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? University Grants Commission (UGC) 2015 Approved by the UGC on 17 September 2015 at the 925th meeting.

First edition: December 2015

Published by: The World Bank funded Higher Education for Twenty First Century (HETC) Project of the Ministry of Higher Education Address: 23/135, Diyawanna Gardens, Chandra Silva Mawatha, Nugegoda

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Rights and Permission: The material in this publication is copyrighted. Any part of this document may be photocopied for academic purpose. All queries should be addressed to: University Grants Commission (UGC)

Cover designed by: Ama H.Vanniarachchy, HETC Project

ISBN 978-955-4510-01-2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .................................................................... Page 3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF SLQF ......................................... Page 5 KEY BENEFITS ................................................................. Page 6 GENERAL PRINCIPLES ..................................................... Page 7

Levels of Qualifications .............................................. Page 7 Naming of Qualifications ............................................ Page 7 Volume of Learning ................................................... Page 8 SLQF Levels 7, 8 and 9 ............................................... Page 9

Table 1: Minimum Volume of Learning required for

each level of SLQF .......................................................... Page 10

Table 2: Different SLQF Levels with Higher Education

Qualification Types and Comparable Levels of NVQF ........... Page 11

Learning Outcomes ................................................... Page 12

Qualification Descriptors ........................................... Page 13

Level Descriptors ...................................................... Page 14

Table 3: QUALIFICATION DESCRIPTORS for SLQ Levels 1 to 6 ........ QUALIFICATION DESCRIPTORS for SLQ Levels 7 to 12 .......

Page 18 Page 22

Table 4: LEVEL DESCRIPTORS for SLQ Levels 1 to 6........................ LEVEL DESCRIPTORS for SLQ Levels 7 to 12.......................

Page 26 Page 28

PROGRESSION PATHWAYS ............................................... Page 32 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................... Page 36

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