National Institute of Open Schooling
April 25th, 2010
Its webs site is http://www.nios.ac.in/. Following is information from that page.
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November,1989 as an autonomous organisation in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Government of India. NIOS is providing a number of Vocational, Life Enrichment and community oriented courses besides General and Academic Courses at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. It also offers Elementary level Courses for 14+ age group through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE).Government of India through a gazette notification vested NIOS with the authority to examine and certify learners registered with it upto pre degree level courses.
Academic programs it offers are given in the page http://www.nios.ac.in/AcadPC.htm. They are:
Open Basic Education: Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme providing a elementary education at three levels, for school drop-outs and neo-literates, out of school learners through Accredited Agencies.
– Secondary Course equivalent to Class X
– Senior Secondary Course equivalent to class XII
NIOS has established an International Centre for Training in Open Schooling (ICTOS)
NIOS HQ is in NOIDA. It has regional centers in Delhi, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Pune, Chandigarh, Kolkata (with a subcenter in Bhubaneswar), Patna, Kochi, Jaipur, Bhopal, Allahabad (with a sub-center in Dehradun).
It has study centers across the country and across Orissa. The list is available at http://www.nos.org/nosresults/nos/searchai.html.
Odisha should push for having a regional center.
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