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Mission Statement
Legal Notice 347 of 2005
Council Members
Organigram
Executive Staff
Administrative Procedures
Standards and Qualifications
Accreditation and Validation
Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC)
Office of the Mutual Recognition Coordinator
Register of Regulated Qualifications
Informal Education
National Contact Point Malta

Viewing of Registered Informal Learning

About Us

Set up in December 2005, the overall objective of the Malta Qualifications Council (MQC), as specified in Legal Notice 347/2005 (PDF), is to steer the development of the National Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (NQF) (PDF) and to oversee the training and certification leading to qualifications within the Framework and which are not already provided for at compulsory education institutions or degree awarding bodies. MQC is responsible for defining the levels of qualifications and competences within the NQF and for establishing standards related to qualifications within the Framework. Malta's Qualifications Framework is at the forefront of European developments, achieving as it does, the inclusion of qualifications across compulsory, vocational and academic sectors into a single framework.

The central aims of the Malta Qualifications Council are to:

Enable learners, employers and the public in general to understand the full range of qualifications available, how they relate to each other and how different types of qualifications can improve the skills, competences and the quality of life of the workforce;
Help people access education and training in a lifelong context in order to fulfill their personal, social and economic potential;
Assist training sectors and providers in the design of qualifications, assessment and certification that best fit the Levels of Qualifications in the Malta Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning;
Accredit formal learning in vocational training;
Validate informal and non-formal skills within the context of Malta's Qualifications framework.

MQC is committed to make the relationships between qualifications clearer and user friendly. It clarifies exit points and routes for progression within and across education and training sectors. It works towards increasing the opportunities for credit transfer. Over time, it will help accredit informal and non-formal learning, help sectors to design qualifications framework which best fit into the NQF and establish an accreditation system across all qualifications based on credit transfer.

MQC also stands for quality assurance (QA) (PDF) in the provision of vocational education and training. In designing its QA policy, MQC will further develop guidelines to enable learners, training providers and industry achieve excellence and increase their competitiveness in an open market economy.

Since August 2008, the office of the Mutual Recognition Coordinator and the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre have been merged into MQC.

What services does MQC provide?

MQC can offer consultancy covering the following areas -

institutional development of qualifications
re-structuring qualifications, assessment and examination systems
pegging qualifications to the national qualifications frameworks
devising standards for occupations linked to qualifications
drawing up new course structures and frameworks
developing assessment methods and new teaching methodologies
capacity building on issues related to qualifications and quality support measures
standards development
strategic planning and development
unit/module writing
examination development and administration