The National Council for Vocational Education and Training on July 02, 2024, notified the Guidelines for Training of Assessors (ToA).
The following has been stated-
•The subject matter experts who work as Assessors come from varied backgrounds and experience. It is imperative to train and certify them on the standards, methodology and procedures linked to skills assessments to carry out the assessment activities with uniformity.
•Currently there are not any set guidelines for Methodology, Methods applicability – Pedagogical skills, Re-assessment - Duration, Mandatory NOS and Financial with respect to the training of assessors. This reflects the need for standardising the methodology to be followed nationwide to ensure quality training and assessment processes.
•The purpose of these guidelines is to create a robust standardized and scalable model and provide the Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) to address the concern of inadequately trained assessors in the skill eco-system.
•The Training of Assessors (ToA) is a specialized training programme for academicians, professionals and industry experts who may work as assessors in the vocational skills sector to carry out competency-based assessments of learners/ students for a given course or job role aligned with the NSQF
[Notification No. 42001/04/2023/NCVET]
