1. National Institute of Open Schooling
National Institute of Open Schooling
NIOS

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

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

4. 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)
Study Centres Abroad - 15
Vocational Centres (AVI)
Open Basic Education (AAs)
Regional Centres
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Pune
Guwahati
Chandigarh
Allahabad
Delhi
Kochi
Patna
Jaipur

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. Blue Print of Question Paper

16. 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

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

18. 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.

19. 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.

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

21. Thanks
But
Still a long way to go