1. WELCOME

3. NIOS: A VIABLE OPTION Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj
Director(Student Support Services)
National Institute of Open Schooling

4. 1.CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS
Education is the part of concurrent list of Indian Constitutional.
Accordingly, Both state and centre have been vested with the responsibility to impart the education.
Education is imparted in two modes
- Face to Face
-Open & Distance Education
It is because of formal mode is not available to all, NPE-86 recommended for Open and Distance Education.

5. 2.WHAT IS NIOS
1979 : Setup as a pioneer project namely “Open School” under CBSE, New Delhi.
1989 : National Open School (NOS) was setup and was vested with the authority to examine and certify students registered with it up to pre-degree.
2002 : Re-christened as the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in order to extend its scope and functioning including Training and Research.

6. 3.
Through a Resolution (No. F.5-24/90 Sch.3 dated 14 September published in the Gazette of India on October 1990), the National Open School (NOS) was vested with the authority to register, examine and certify students registered with it up to pre-degree level courses.

7. 4.Paradigm Shifts in Education
Shift of learning from only classroom to anywhere.
From teacher-centric to learner-centric.
From teacher as instructor to teacher as a facilitator of learning.
From mainly oral instruction to technology supported instruction.
From fixed time to any time during life as learning time.
From “you learn what we offer” to “we offer what you want to learn”.
From education as a one-time activity to education as lifelong activity.
“ Education Any Time, Any Place & Any Body”

8. 5. HOW DOES NIOS FUNCTION?  
NIOS operates through a network of five Departments, 20 Regional Centres , 01 Sub- Regional Centres , 1 cell and 6900 Accredited Institutions (Study Centres) in India and abroad. It has a current enrolment of about 2.6 million students at Secondary and Senior Secondary levels which makes it the largest open schooling system in the world.

9. Student Support Services
6. DEPARTMENTS DETAILS
Academics
Vocational
Evaluation
Student Support Services
Administration
Computer, Media, R & D Capacity Development,

10. 7. REGIONAL OFFICES PATNA RAIPUR HYDERABAD PUNE RANCHI JAIPUR DELHI
DEHRADUN
KOLKATA
BHUBNESWAR
ALLAHABAD
KOCHI
BENGALURU
BHOPAL
DHARAMSHALA
GANDHINAGAR
CHANDIGARH
Visakhapatnam
CHENNAI
GUWAHATI

11. 8. SUB-REGIONAL CENTRES AND CELL
Darbhanga
Port Blair

12. 9.NUMBER OF STUDY CENTRES
STUDY CENTRES TYPE
Disaccredited
NUMBER
Accredited Institutions (AI)
Offering Class X & XII
170
4107
Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVI)
Offering Vocational Programme
574
1982
Accredited Agencies (AA)
Offering Open Basic Programme
NIL
904
Total
744
6993

13. 10.WHAT DOES NIOS DO?
NIOS provides opportunities to interested learners by making available the following Courses/Programmes of Study through open and distance learning (ODL) mode.
Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme for 14+ years age group, adolescents and adults at A, B and C levels that are equivalent to classes III, V and VIII of the formal school system.
Secondary Education Course
Senior Secondary Education Course
Vocational Education Courses/Programmes

14. 11.AGE FOR ACADEMIC COURSES
CLASS
AGE IN YRS
As on
Block-I
Block-II X 14
31st July
31st Jan
XII 15

15. 12.ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
CLASS
ELIGIBILITY
DOCUMENTS
SECONDARY
CLASS VIII OR
SELF CERTIFICATE
Attested Copy of Birth Certificate
Transfer Certificate
School Leaving Certificate
SR. SECONDARY
CLASS- X
ATTESTED COPY OF MARK SHEET OF CLASS-X WITH DOB

16. 13.FEE IN NIOS COURSE GEN. CATEGORY REGISTRATION EXEMPETED CATEGORY
EXAM FEE
MALE
FEMALE
SECONDARY
Rs. 1350/-
Rs. 200/- additional subject
Rs.1100/-
Rs.900/-
Rs. 150/-
Per subject
Rs.70/- for pract. Per subject
SR. SECONDARY
Rs. 1500/-
Rs. 230/- additional subject
Rs.1250/-
Rs additional subject
Rs.975/-
Rs.70/- for pract. per subject

17. 14.ADMISSION STREAMS IN NIOS
BLOCK FOR ADMISSION
DATES
YEAR OF EXAMINATION
Stream I (Block-1)
16th March
to th Sept
April/May next year
Stream I (Block-II) & Stream-II
16th Sept.
to th March
Oct./ Nov., same year
ODL Stream - III
Round the year
ODL Stream - IV

18. 15.ADMISSIONS IN NIOS Blocks Dates of Online Admission Fee Block-1
16th March - 31st July
without late fee
1st August - 15th August
with late fee of Rs. 200/-
16th August - 31st August
with late fee of Rs. 400/-
1st September - 15th September
with late fee of Rs. 700/-
Block-2
16th September - 31st January
Without late fee
1st February - 15th February
16th February - 28th February
1st March - 15th March
with late fee of Rs. 700

19. 16.Hallmark of Open Schooling
24X 7 Admission
Continue education using modern ICT
Freedom to choose subjects
Continuous assessment through T M A
Duration of registration 5 years
Credit accumulation facility
Facility of re-admission after 5 year
Learning support through PCP
Transfer of credit
On Demand Examinations

20. 17.SCHEME OF STUDIES SECONDARY 17 10 SR. SECONDARY 7 18 20 LEVEL
LANGUAGES
SUBJECTS
VOCATIONAL
SECONDARY 17 10
SR. SECONDARY 7 18 20

21. 18.SUBJECTS IN CLASS-X LANGUAGE (17) MAIN SUBJECTS (10) HINDI, ENGLISH
Mathematics
URDU, SANSKRIT
Sc. & Tech
BENGALI, MARATHI
Social Science
TELGU, GUJARATI
Economics, Business Studies
KANNADA, TAMIL
Home Science
PUNJABI, ASSAMESE
Psychology
NEPALI, MALAYALAM
Indian Culture & Heritage
ORIYA, ARABIC, PERSIAN,
Data Entry Operations

22. 19.SUBJECTS IN CLASS-XII LANGUAGE (07) MAIN SUBJECTS (18) HINDI,
Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics
ENGLISH
Biology, History, Geography, Pol.Sc
BENGALI
Economics, Business Studies,
TAMIL
Accountancy, Home Science, Psychology
ODIA
Computer Sc., Sociology, Painting
URDU
Environmental Science,
SANSKRIT
Mass Communications, Data Entry Operations

23. 20.NIOS TODAY The largest Open Schooling System in the world
25,50,000 learners have been certified
More than 5,69,000 admission every year
A net work of approx Study Centres
Pace setting National Board in Open Schooling

24. 21.CHOICE OF MEDIUM
AT SECONDARY LEVEL- Hindi, English, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Malayalam,Oriya (08)
AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL- Hindi, English, Urdu, Odia (04)

25. 22.Achievements of our Learners
AIPMT
AIEEE
Courses
Appeared
Qualify for Counse-lling
MBBS
474 15
(9 are in the merit list)
Courses
Appeared
Eligible for Counse-lling by CCB
Enginee-ring Courses
4252
1127
B. Arch
306
267

26. 23.NIOS LEARNERS IN JEE(MAIN) 2013
COURSE
REGD.
APPD.
CALLED FOR
COUNCELL.
% PROBABILITY
B.TECH
4355
3645
1317
36.13
B.ARCH
657
465
445
95.69

27. 24. NIOS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
WHAT TO LEARN, WHEN TO LEARN WHERE TO LEARN AND HOW TO LEARN

28. 25. LET US COME TOGETHER FOR A VERY NOBLE CAUSE OF EDUCATION
SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF BEING EDUCATED BY CHOOSING A MOST FLEXIBLE SYSTEM

29. THANKS