National Institute of Open Schooling

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National institute of Open Schooling
AbbreviationNIOS
Formation1989;36 years ago (1989)
Type National Open Schooling
Legal statusActive
Location
Official language
  • English
  • Hindi
Chairman
Pankaj Arora [1]
Parent organisation
Ministry of Education
(Government of India)
Website nios.ac.in
Formerly called
National Open School

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. [2]

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NIOS had a cumulative enrollment of about 15 lakh (1.5 million) students from 2004 to 2009 at secondary and senior secondary levels and enrolls about 3.5 lakh (350k) students annually which makes it the largest open schooling system in the world. NIOS is a governing body just like any other Indian government official department [3]

International collaboration and overseas centres

The NIOS collaborates with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO. [4] 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. [5]

Courses offered

NIOS offer the following courses: [6]

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 (If he/she is registered under Stream 1,3 and 4) to appear through the On-Demand Examinations at Secondary (10th) and Senior Secondary (12th). On Demand Exams are held through the year except for April-May and Oct-Nov i.e. when public exams are going on, ODE isn't held.

Results of the public examinations and on demand 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
ChairmanProf. Pankaj Arora
1Secretaryshoaib Ahmad
2Director (Academic)Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
3Director (SSS)Shri S. Vijaya Kumar
4Director (Vocational)Dr. T. N Giri
5Deputy DirectorSh. V. Santhanam
6Publication OfficerSh. D.N.Upreti
7System Analyst & Programmer (SAP)Sh. Naveen Bhatia
8Assistant Director (Admission)Bittu Rai
9Assistant DirectorSh. Aaditya Kumar
10Accounts OfficerSmt. Rambha Kumari

Notable Alumni

  1. Mary Kom (former Indian Olympic boxer)
  2. Kavya Madhavan

See also

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References

  1. "NCTE chairperson Pankaj Arora assumes additional charge of NIOS". Careers360. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. "National Institute Of Open Schooling". Nos.org. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. "pub_PS_OpenSchooling_web" (PDF). Col.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. "International Centre for Training in Open Schooling". Nos.org. 16 November 1945. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  5. Majumdar Sahil, Pallavi (15 October 2002). "Open school for UAE expats". Times of India . Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  6. "About Us".
  7. "NIOS Staff list". nios.ac.in. NIOS. Retrieved 4 November 2023.