National Institute of Open Schooling

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National institute of Open Schooling
AbbreviationNIOS
Formation1989;35 years ago (1989)
TypeGovernmental Board of Education
Headquarters Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Official language
Chairman
Prof. Saroj Sharma
Parent organisation
Ministry of Education
(Government of India)
Website www.nios.ac.in

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School is a national level board of education in India, controlled and managed by the Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) of the Government of India in 1989. [1]

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NIOS had a cumulative enrollment of about 1.5 million students from 2004 to 2009 at secondary and senior secondary levels and enrolls about 350,000 students annually which makes it the largest open schooling system in the world. [2]

International collaboration and overseas centres

The NIOS collaborates with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO. [3] It also has study centres for Indian expatriates in the Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Nepal, Canada, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States of America. [4]

Courses offered

NIOS offer the following courses: [5]

Examinations

The public examinations are held twice a year in April–May and October–November on dates fixed by the NIOS. However, one is also eligible to appear through the On-Demand Examinations at Secondary Level and Senior Secondary level in those subjects only in which candidates have taken admission in NIOS for subject wise learning. [6] Results of the public examinations are usually announced seven weeks after the last date of examinations.

NIOS Organisation Structure & Who is Who

NIOS Current Who is Who [7]
S.NoDesignationName
1ChairmanProf. Saroj Sharma
2Secretary (I/C) & Director (Academic)Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
3Director (SSS)Shri S. Vijaya Kumar
4Director (Vocational)Sh. Kailash Bansal
5Deputy DirectorSh. V. Santhanam
6Publication OfficerSh. D.N.Upreti
7System Analyst & ProgrammerSh. Naveen Bhatia
8Assistant DirectorSh. Aaditya Kumar
9Accounts OfficerSmt. Rambha Kumari

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