Testing and Certification

v Assessing Bodies

v Testing Centers

v Assessing / testing Fee

v Reimbursement of Assessment Fee

v Testing and certification procedure

v Certificate

Assessing Bodies

DGE&T will appoint assessing bodies to assess the competencies of the trained persons. The assessing body will be an independent agency, which will not be involved in conducting the training programmes. This, in turn, will ensure quality of training and credibility of the scheme. Keeping in view the target of providing training/testing of one million persons through out the country and to avoid monopoly, more than one assessing bodies will be appointed for a sector or an area. These will also assist DGET to develop qualifications and standards for assessment through research and interaction with industry, trainers and academia.

Testing Centres (TCs)

Assessment of the persons will be done in designated Testing Centres four times a year by assessing bodies. Assessing bodies will select testing centres. The State /UT Governments will provide necessary support to the assessing bodies in selecting the Testing Centres. All VTPs and government ITIs affiliated to NCVT should function as TCs. The assessing bodies will provide details of selected TCs along with skill areas in which assessment can be done to the respective RDATs and State Directors. Testing Centres will enter have agreement with the assessing bodies for at least two years.

Assessment/Testing Fee

The assessment fee will be Rs.300-800 depending on the skill area. The assessment fee for an engineering course (requiring workshop, equipment, raw material in addition to class room training) will be Rs 800/- per trainee per course and assessment fee for a non-engineering course will be Rs 500/-. The details of such courses along with assessment fee are given in Annex-V. Apex Committee can review and revise the assessment fee, if required. The candidate will deposit the assessment fee directly to the assessing bodies or their authorized agencies. It is the responsibility of the assessing bodies to inform the candidates about the date and venue of assessment one month before the date of assessment.

Reimbursement of Assessment Fee

Initially Rs.300-800/person will be fixed as assessment fee depending upon the skill area to be assessed. The assessment fee will be reimbursed to all the successful persons who have received training from approved VTPs. In respect of persons who directly come for assessment of their skills, assessment fee will be reimbursed to persons belonging to disadvantaged groups (SC, ST, OBC, persons with disabilities), women and poorer sections of the society who pass the test. Assessing bodies while forwarding the list of successful candidates to RDAT will also furnish the information for reimbursement of assessing fee. RDAT will issue cheques to Assessing bodies for onward reimbursement to successful candidates. The Assessing bodies have to furnish a certificate within fifteen days from the date of receipt of cheque from RDAT that they have reimbursed the assessment fee to the successful candidates.

Testing and Certification Procedure

The steps involved in testing and certification of competencies of candidates are mentioned below:

i. Assessing Body (AB) will draw a list of testing centres (TC) and it will provide details of selected TC to the RDAT.

ii. ABs will empanel assessors – sectorwise and areawise

iii. AB or its authorised TCs will collect testing fee in the form of Indian Postal Order (IPO)/ Demand draft (DD) and register the candidates on Web based software/ manually. IPO/DD should be drawn in favour of assessing body.

iv. Assessing Body will process the registration data & dispatch call letter to candidates indicating details about TC, date, etc.

v. Assessing Body will also communicate to the TC the following:

a. Details of candidates to appear for test in various MES course (Name of trade/area).

b. Details of assessors selected with their contact details.

c. Requirement of infrastructure, raw materials, etc.

d. Cost to be reimbursed by Assessing Body.

vi. TC will make necessary arrangements for test as per direction given by Assessing Body.

vii. Assessing Body will prepare assessment guidelines & marking procedures for the guidance of assessors.

viii. Tests will be conducted in TCs by the assessors appointed by the AB.

ix. Assessing Body will reimburse cost to TC & to assessors

x. Assessor will prepare result within 3 days and send it to the Assessing Body

xi. Assessing Body will consolidate result and will enter the results into Web based software & communicate to the RDAT

xii. RDAT on behalf of DGET will approve results and send the NCVT certificates to the TC through registered post. TC will issue certificate to the individual trainee within 7 days

Certificate

Successful persons will be awarded certificates issued by National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT). The Assessing Bodies will send the list of successful candidates along with marks statement to respective Regional Directorate of Apprenticeship Training (RDAT) under DGE&T for issue of certificates. RDAT will issue certificates to the Assessing Bodies for dispatching to successful candidates by giving the details of competencies possessed by the trainee.