National Institute of Open Schooling www.nos.org www.nios.ac.in National Institute of Open Schooling NIOS

Introduction NIOS is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India. Established in 1989.

National Institute of Open Schooling The Largest Open School in the World Providing Alternative Schooling System

Largest In terms of Enrolment (cumulative for last 5 years) Sec.& Sr.Sec. and Vocational - 13,30,427 Total students certified - 8,29,852 Geographical Area India, Middle East, Nepal, Canada Study Centres (A Is) - 1618 Study Centres Abroad - 15 Vocational Centres (AVI) - 870 Open Basic Education (AAs) - 245 Regional Centres - 10 Kolkata Hyderabad Pune Guwahati Chandigarh Allahabad Delhi Kochi Patna Jaipur

Target Groups Anybody from anywhere within the country can seek admission to the various courses offered by NIOS. However, the prioritised client groups are: Out of school children Girls and women Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes Rural people and urban poor Unemployed/part employed Differently Able Children

Features of Open Learning Self Paced Learning Learner - centric Freedom to choose subjects, according to one’s needs, interests and abilities Credit accumulation facility over a period of 5 years Continuous assessment through Tutor Marked Assignments Opportunity to continue education using ICT and modern communication

Cont. Learning Support through Personal Contact Programme (PCPs) Provision of re-admission after 5 years Transfer of credits from CBSE and State Open School Students up to 2 Subjects.

Courses & Programmes Elementary Open Basic Education (OBE) at A level, B level, C level equivalent to Class III, V, VIII respectively of Formal Education Offered in association with Registered voluntary Organisation/Non-Government Organisations known as Accredited Agencies. Learners under OBE are 6-14 years and above 14 years.

Courses & Programmes Cont. Secondary leading to Secondary School Certificate Apart from Hindi and English Medium, the course is offered in Urdu, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi and Malayalam medium also. Senior Secondary leading to Senior Secondary Certificate. Apart from Hindi and English Medium, the course is offered in Urdu Medium also.

Courses & Programmes Cont. Open Vocational Education Life Enrichment programme Jan Swasthya Paripurna Mahila Bhartiya Culture and Heritage Yog

On-Demand Examination (ODE) Concept Feasibility Operationalisation National Institute of Open Schooling New Delhi www.nos.org

Use of ICT in Evaluation-On-Demand Examination NIOS has Conceptualised and operationalised the concept of On-Demand Examination (ODE) at Secondary Stage. ODE system has enabled NIOS students to take up examinations on any day of his or her choice in the subject s/he is ready for. Learner centric Examination System

Development of Question Bank A huge Item/Question Bank covering all the subjects has been developed. The Question bank contains a huge database of various types of questions such as multiple choice questions, short questions, very short questions and long questions. These questions are from all objective areas covering Knowledge, Understanding, Application and skill.

Generation of Question Booklet A question booklet having defined number of items is generated randomly. It is based on the paper design and blue print of the question booklet. All such generated question booklet are different from each other. The difficulty level of different question booklets has been maintained. The question booklet is of equivalent standard with NIOS public exam and other board

Blue Print of Question Paper

Scope Number of items in item bank = 1000 in a subject No.of questions in a set of = 30 Question paper No. Of Content Areas = 07 Number of Learning Objectives= 04 Number of Types of Question = 04

Scope Contd......... Then by applying Permutation and Combination ------------------------------------------ 30C7 X 30C4 X 30C4 = 2 X 1042 (Different sets can be generated) Probability of repetition of a particular item = 1/No. of items available in that particular cell of the databank

Implementation The first functional ODE Centre started from 8th February, 2005 at NIOS HQ. New Delhi Currently the capacity of ODE centre is for 25 students per day on every Tuesday & Wednesday The conduct of ODE is monitored through CCTV installed in the ODE examination hall. Practical exams are conducted at one of the AI named Fr Agnels School, Gautam Nagar, New Delhi on every Friday.

Evaluation &Result Declaration Evaluation pattern & practice are same as followed by all Examination Board. Each QB has a unique fictitious QBCode. The flap with real Rollno is removed and is sent for evaluation with QBCode only. The evaluation of the question booklets are done by a panel of examiners in the spot evaluation mode. The result ODE is declared on the last day of the month and published through NIOS web site.

Expansion of ODE The ODE Centres are being planned to be opened at NIOS Regional Centres in the next phase during April 2005- March 2006.

Thanks But Still a long way to go