OQF is a comprehensive, integrated and mandatory National Qualifications Framework (NQF) that includes qualifications from all public and private sectors of education and training in Oman. It is based on one set of generic Level Descriptors that provide the basis for the recognition of learning, regardless of where that learning has been achieved. The OQF enhances the quality standards for all qualifications across the different education and training sectors and promotes parity of esteem between academic, technological, professional and technical and vocational qualifications. It is an instrument to describe; compare; and classify qualifications from all sectors of education and training in Oman. It is based on one set of generic Level Descriptors, which describe the expected outcomes at each of its ten levels. The OQF provides a reference point for qualifications delivered and awarded in Oman; the comparison between Omani qualifications and Foreign or International qualifications; and the Recognition of Prior Learning.