Process of confirmation by an authorised body that an individual has acquired knowledge, know-how, information, values, skills and competences measured against a predefined standard.
Comment
- Validation consists of four distinct phases:
- identification of the learning outcomes through dialogue with the person;
- documentation to make visible the person’s learning outcomes;
- assessment of those outcomes;
- certification which may lead to a partial or full qualification;
- some countries define validation as the confirmation by a competent authority that the learning outcomes acquired by an individual in a formal, non-formal or informal setting have been assessed against a validation standard, and may lead to certification.
Source
Cedefop; Council of the European Union, 2012.