NQF-J shall provide a QF for higher education for implementation at institutional level and, importantly, set up the basis for a comprehensive NQF, and thus endeavors to establish an NQF model that identifies the generic expectations of all levels of higher educational programmers. These will be expressed as learning outcomes, mainly based on knowledge, skills and competences. The standards of qualifications at each level will be created and established through a number of activities in which descriptors will be determined, along with appropriate QA processes, by all stakeholders in higher education. The methodology for setting and assuring the qualification standards will be disseminated among academic institutions, government agencies responsible for QA and accreditation, and a wide spectrum of stakeholders.  The project will clearly demonstrate the standards of Jordanian higher education awards and their national comparability. Additionally, through rigorous comparison with other national QFs, the project will demonstrate comparability of Jordanian higher education wider awards with international norms and expectations, thus supporting mobility and employability.

Outcomes:

Assisting the Government of Jordan in the development of the National Qualifications Framework by providing the necessary spark for the national momentum -The results of the project represent the initial core used for the development of Jordan’s National Qualifications Framework.

A National Committee of NQF was formed under the leadership of HEAC in accordance with a unified vision that strengthens the bonds of complementarity and joint cooperation between the national strategy for the development of human resources and the systems of public education, higher education and vocational and technical education, thus ensuring the development of an NQF that responds to the aspirations of citizens and the government and the private sector. The Committee took the ideal steps to establish the framework and has reached its proposal of NQF-J which was finalized after the necessary consultations with all targeted sectors. The proposal was submitted to the Council of Ministers and was approved. The government is now working on the necessary legal procedures for NQF implementation.