The National Credit Framework will be a key for attaining centre’s goal to achieve 50 per cent gross enrollment rate (GER) in higher education by 2035. “National Credit Framework will be a key for enhancing the economic convertibility of education, bringing a vast majority of our population under the fold of formal education and skilling, achieving GER targets and accelerating India’s march towards becoming a $5 trillion economy,” Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

In his address at the National Credit Framework (NCrF) workshop at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi), the minister said that NCrF will recognise applied aspects of knowledge and skills, and soon “there will be credit system for sports.”