The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) was established to contribute to education reform in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It has been developed as a single, comprehensive and mandatory qualifications framework that recognises all forms of learning. The NQF’s objective is to assist institutions and stakeholders to form a better understanding of the wide variety of learning and training provisions available in the Kingdom. Thus, the NQF:

• provides a stronger basis for the understanding, comparison and recognition of national and foreign qualifications, thereby improving employers’, parents’ and learners’ understanding of the value of qualifications offered by different institutions;
• provides fit-for-purpose qualifications that have stronger linkages with learner needs, labour market needs and the national economy;
• increases the accountability of education and training institutions towards maintaining high quality standards of their offerings, fostering mutual trust and recognition between institutions in different sectors;
• enhances the value and credibility of qualifications and institutions, leading to increased opportunities for learners’ mobility and progression within and across vocational and academic sectors; and
• promotes the concept of lifelong learning, through the promotion of all types of learning: formal, informal and non-formal, and encourages institutions to establish learning pathways between the education and training sectors.

Overall Institutional Listing Judgement

Golden Trust Training & Consultancy sufficiently meets all the Institutional Listing (IL) Standards, and thus the Overall Judgement is: ‘Listed’. Please click here to view the Institutional Listing Decision.

Listed Institutions are required to submit their national qualifications to the General Directorate of National Qualifications Framework and National Examinations (GDQ) for placement on the NQF.

Source: http://www.bqa.gov.bh/