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RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS. A PRESENTATION BY : Premendra Raj Mehta President Council of Architecture, India. KEY ISSUES. Concerns regarding lack of recognition Varying requirement of Qualification Difference in Educational System Differences in Standards of Education
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RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS A PRESENTATION BY : Premendra Raj Mehta President Council of Architecture, India
KEY ISSUES • Concerns regarding lack of recognition • Varying requirement of Qualification • Difference in Educational System • Differences in Standards of Education • Possible approaches for Recognition of Qualification
COMPETENCE OF A PROFESSIONAL • Registration or Licensing • Professional exam • Educational attainments • Experience • Other requirements
MARKET ACCESS ? • Lack of recognition/recognition procedures of • Qualification • Education • Training • Experience • Examination
NATURE OF ACCOUNTANCY SECTOR • Exam and Registration by the same authority • No university degree required • Set of professional exams along with practical training • Licensing on passing of exam
NATURE OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, MEDICINE,PHARMACY ETC • Acquiring education and registration by different agencies • University Degree upon successfully undergoing the prescribed educational programme at a college • Practical training during education • Registration after requisite experience and passing a professional exam, after attaining educational qualifications.
VARYING REQUIREMENT OF QUALIFICATION • Architect • 5 year degree course in architecture after 12th standard or • Post-graduate qualification in architecture • Structural Engineer • Civil Engineer with 2 years of experience or • Post graduate degree in structural engineering • Requirement of qualification may be changed/ enhanced from time to time
VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM • Eligibility Qualification granted • Admission to Professional course Purpose of qualification • Course of studies Accreditation system • Course duration Formal or non-formal • Student teacher ratio education / Distance • Qualification of teachers education • Practical training • Physical and academic infrastructure • Evaluation system
STANDARDS OF EDUCATION • Output oriented • Standards without a standardisation • Lower and Higher standards • Demand of professionals and increased number of institutions • Maintenance of minimum standards • Societal and professional recognition
RECOGNTION OF QUALIFICATION • Information gap - Country wise requirement • Relative status of qualifications of different countries to be established • Equivalence of comparable educations • Harmonisation exam • Deficiency removal packages • Professional exams
POSSIBLE APPROACHES FOR RECOGNITION • Accountancy sector disciplines template • Mandate in Article VI : 4 (WPDR) • Article VI:6 (Adequate procedures?) • Article VII (Recognition/MRA) • Article XVIII (Additional Commitments)
MARKET ACCESS WILL IT BE A WINDOW OR A DOOR