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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|School education board in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = National institute of Open Schooling<br />
| image = National Institute of Open Schooling.png<br />
| size = <br />
| abbreviation = NIOS<br />
| caption = NIOS logo<br />
| formation = {{start date and age|1989}}<br />
| type = Governmental Board of Education<br />
| headquarters = [[Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| membership = <br />
| leader_title = Chairman <br />
| leader_name = Pro. Sharoj Sharma<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Institute of Open Schooling gets new chairman |url=https://www.educationtimes.com/article/editors-pick/80022023/national-institute-of-open-schooling-gets-new-chairman |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.educationtimes.com}}</ref> <br />
| parent_organisation = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]<br>([[Government of India]]) <br />
| language = {{hlist|[[Hindi]]|[[English language|English]]}}<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.nios.ac.in.help/}}<br />
| Legal status = Active<br />
}}<br />
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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 Human Resource Development]] of the [[Government of India]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nos.org/ |title=National Institute Of Open Schooling |publisher=Nos.org |date=2012-02-19 |access-date=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307234746/http://nos.org/ |archive-date=7 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> <br />
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oasis.col.org/bitstream/handle/11599/81/pub_PS_OpenSchooling_web.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=pub_PS_OpenSchooling_web |publisher=Col.org |access-date=2015-07-03}}</ref><br />
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==International collaboration and overseas centres==<br />
The NIOS collaborates with the [[Commonwealth of Learning]] (COL) and [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nos.org/ictos.htm#Objectives |title=International Centre for Training in Open Schooling |publisher=Nos.org |date=1945-11-16 |access-date=2012-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130702/http://www.nos.org/ictos.htm#Objectives |archive-date=25 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/25204180.cms<br />
| first1=Pallavi<br />
| last1=Majumdar Sahil<br />
| title = Open school for UAE expats<br />
| work = [[Times of India]]<br />
| date = 15 October 2002<br />
| access-date = 2013-07-09<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Courses offered==<br />
NIOS offer the following courses:<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/profile.aspx}}</ref><br />
* 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<br />
* Secondary Course—Equivalent to class X<br />
* Senior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XII <br />
* [[Vocational Education]] Courses<br />
* Life enrichment programmes<br />
* [[Teacher Eligibility Test|D.EL.ED. course]]<br />
* Secondary and Senior Secondary Course For ITI Student<br />
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==Examinations==<br />
The public examinations are held twice a year in April–May and October–November on dates fixed by the NIOS. However, one also eligible to appear through the On-Demand Examinations at Level and Senior Secondary level in those subjects only in which candidates have taken admission in NIOS for subject wise learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nios.ac.in/student-information-section/evaluation.aspx |title=Evaluation System |publisher=NIOS|access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref><br />
Results of the public examinations are announced usually six weeks after the last date of examinations.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]] (IGNOU)<br />
* [[Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh]] (UP Board), India<br />
* [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE), India<br />
* [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]] (CISCE), India (ICSE and ISC examinations are conducted by CISCE )<br />
* [[Indian School Certificate]] (ISC), India<br />
* [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education]] (ICSE), India<br />
* [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] (SSLC)<br />
* [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] (WBBSE), India<br />
* [[Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh]] (MPBSE), India<br />
* [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education]] (MSBSHSE), India<br />
*[https://easyadmissions.org/telangana-open-school-admission-2021-22-call-8801045488/ Telangana Open School Admission 2023-24]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website}}<br />
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