🌍 Global Qualification Frameworks (QFs)

This repository is a curated reference of national and regional qualifications frameworks from around the world. It includes level breakdowns, mappings to major frameworks like the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) or UNESCO ISCED, and alignment notes where available.

The goal is to provide a centralized, open-source knowledge base for understanding how educational and vocational qualifications compare globally.

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📘 What’s Included

• ✅ Descriptions of qualification frameworks from multiple countries/regions
• ✅ Level-by-level breakdowns (e.g., Level 1–8/12/etc.)
• ✅ Crosswalks to EQF or ISCED where applicable
• ✅ Coverage of both academic and vocational/technical routes
• ✅ Source references to official agencies or frameworks (UNESCO, CEDEFOP, SCQF, etc.)

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🌐 Frameworks Covered

Examples include:

• 🇪🇺 European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
• 🇬🇧 [Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF, UK)]
• 🏴 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
• 🇨🇦 [Canadian Qualification Framework (CICIC)]
• 🇯🇲 [Caribbean Qualifications Framework (CQF, CARICOM)]
• 🌍 UNESCO ISCED

For the full list, see the data/ directory.

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📂 Structure

/
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── data/
│   ├── eqf.md
│   ├── scqf.md
│   ├── cqf.md
│   ├── [country_code]_[framework].md
│   └── ...
└── sources/
    └── references.md

🤝 How to Contribute

We welcome contributions from anyone who has access to information about national and regional qualifications frameworks. If you have information about a framework that is not included in this repository, please submit a pull request.

As right now this project is being maintained by me, it is very welcome to help, as I am not an any where near an export on this topic.

🛠️ Steps to Contribute

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch country specific branch name:

git checkout -b add-[framework]-[country]

framework specific branch name:

git checkout -b add-[framework]

1. Add the new framework to the data/ directory
2. Link official sources (e.g., UNESCO, CEDEFOP, SCQF, etc.) in the sources/ directory
3. Update the list.md file
4. Submit a pull request

📬 Contact

Feel free to open an issue or discussion if you have questions, suggestions, or frameworks you'd like us to include.