The Tertiary and Vocational Education and Commision (TVEC) is the government authority primarily responsibile for policy formulation, planning, quality assurance, coordination and development of tertiary and vocational education in the country. A Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system where all seekers of training will have access to the highest possible standards of TVEC, that assures gainful employment globally.

Under the higher educational system in Sri Lanka, University Grants Commission (UGC) is the authority to maintain the uniformity and the recognition of degrees offered by the universities. These Academic qualifications are limited to the maximum of 10%-15% of students who are successfully completing A/L exams.

As a result. to overcome this issue, the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) has taken necessary steps to introduce the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) System with 7 Levels. The NVQ level 7 is equivalent to the bachelor degree qualification. Students can enrol into the M.Sc. or any other postgraduate programme after completion the NVQ level 7. Students who have successfully completed NVQ level 5, can enter for the 2nd year in most of the foreign universities where the relevant field is available.

Compared to the academic qualifications, the NVQ is designed for the job seekers soon after their secondary education. The speciality of the NVQ system is that, at the completion of each level of the NVQ qualification, candidates become eligible to enter the professional job market with fairly higher salary scales than the academic qualification holders.

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