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{{Short description|School education board in India}}
{{Short description|School education board in India}}
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{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name                = National institute of Open Schooling
| name                = National Institute of Open Schooling
| image              = National Institute of Open Schooling.png
| native_name        = राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विद्यालयी शिक्षा संस्थान
| size                =  
| native_name_lang    = hi
| logo_caption        = official [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of The NIOS Board
| image              =  
| image_size          =  
| abbreviation        = NIOS
| abbreviation        = NIOS
| former_name        = National Open School
| caption            = NIOS logo
| caption            = NIOS logo
| formation          = {{start date and age|1989}}
| formation          = {{start date and age |1989|11|12}}
| type               = Governmental Board of Education
| logo               = [[File:Logo of National Institute of Open Schooling.svg|120px]]
| headquarters        = [[Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| type                = [[State school|National]], [[Board of Open Schooling and Skill Education|Open Schooling]]
| status              = Active
| headquarters        =
| membership          =  
| membership          =  
| leader_title        = Chairman  
| language            = *Hindi
| 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>  
*English
| parent_organisation = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]<br>([[Government of India]])
| leader_title        = Chairman
| language            = {{hlist|[[Hindi]]|[[English language|English]]}}
| leader_name        = Dr. Akhilesh Mishra<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-22 |title=Professor Akhilesh Mishra takes charge as Chairman of NIOS |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/professor-akhilesh-mishra-takes-charge-as-chairman-of-nios-10142480/ |access-date=2025-07-22 |website=TheIndianExpress |language=en}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.nios.ac.in.help/}}
| leader_title2      = Director
| Legal status        = Active
| leader_name2        = Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
| parent_organisation = [[Ministry of Education (India)]]
| num_students        = 112,000+ (2024)
| website            = {{URL|https://nios.ac.in|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 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>  
The '''National Institute of Open Schooling''' ('''NIOS''') ({{langx|hi|राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विद्यालयी शिक्षा संस्थान}}), 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 (India)|Ministry of Education]] (formerly 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 }}</ref>


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>
The NIOS operates through a network of five departments, 23 regional centres, two sub-regional centres, two NIOS cells, and more than 7,400 study centres (AIs/AVIs) across India and abroad. It is recognized as the largest open schooling system in the world, with a cumulative enrolment of over 4.13 million learners during the last five years.
 
Between 2004 and 2009, NIOS recorded a cumulative enrolment of about 1.5 million students at the secondary and senior secondary levels, and it continues to enrol around 350,000 learners annually. NIOS functions as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, similar in status to other national educational boards such as the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE).


==International collaboration and overseas centres==
==International collaboration and overseas centres==
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
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 [[Bahrain]], the [[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
  | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/25204180.cms
  | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/25204180.cms
  | first1=Pallavi
  | first1=Pallavi
  | last1=Majumdar Sahil
  | last1=Majumdar Sahil
  | title = Open school for UAE expats
  | title = Open school for UAE expats
  | work = [[Times of India]]
  | work = The Times of India
  | date = 15 October 2002
  | date = 15 October 2002
  | access-date = 2013-07-09
  | access-date = 2013-07-09
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==Courses offered==
==Courses offered==
NIOS offer the following courses:<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/profile.aspx}}</ref>
NIOS offer the following courses:<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/profile.aspx}}</ref>
* 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
* Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme for 14+ years age group   (adolescents and adults) that are equivalent to classes of the formal school system
* Secondary Course—Equivalent to class X
** Level A - Equivalent to Class III
* Senior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XII  
** Level B - Equivalent to Class V
** Level C - Equivalent to Class VIII
** Secondary Course—Equivalent to class X
** Senior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XII  
* [[Vocational Education]] Courses
* [[Vocational Education]] Courses
* Life enrichment programmes
* Life enrichment programmes  
* [[Teacher Eligibility Test|D.EL.ED. course]]
* [[Teacher Eligibility Test|D.EL.ED. course]]
* Secondary and Senior Secondary Course For ITI Student
* Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses for students at the [[Industrial Training Institute]]
* [[Indian Sign Language]] as a subject at the Secondary Level for Children with Hearing Impairment (Deafness), since 2021.


==Examinations==
==Examinations==
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>
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 are announced usually six weeks after the last date of examinations.
Results of the public examinations and on demand are usually announced seven weeks after the last date of examinations.
 
== Organization & Administration ==
The NIOS is organized as an autonomous education board under the Ministry of Education. The organization is overseen by an Executive Board including staff from the MoE, Directors responsible for sectors of the NIOS mission (Academic,  Vocational, Student Support Services and Evaluation), as well as a Secretary and Chairman. The current Chairman is Dr. Akhilesh Mishra.<ref>{{cite web |title=NIOS Staff list |url=https://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/staff-list.aspx |website=nios.ac.in |publisher=NIOS |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref>
 
Programs are delivered through a network of centres across India, including:
*regional centres in Allahabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi, Patna, Pune, Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Raipur, Chennai, Ranchi, Dhramshala, Vishakapatnam, Sikkim, Amethi.
*sub-regional centres in Darbhanga and Kota
*3,530 Accredited Institutions (AIs) for academic courses
*1,379 Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs) for vocational education courses
*1,313 Accredited Agencies (AAs) for Open Basic Education<ref>{{cite web |title=At A Glance: the National Institute for Open Schooling |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401134923/https://www.nios.ac.in/about-us/at-a-glance.aspx}}</ref>
 
== Notable alumni ==
 
# [[Mary Kom]], a former Indian [[Amateur boxing|Olympic boxer]]
# [[Kavya Madhavan]], an Indian actress


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh]] (UP Board), India
* [[Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh]] (UP Board), India
* [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE), India
* [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE), India
* [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]] (CISCE), India (ICSE and ISC examinations are conducted by CISCE )
* [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]] (CISCE), India (ICSE and ISC examinations are conducted by CISCE)
* [[Indian School Certificate]] (ISC), India
* [[Indian School Certificate]] (ISC), India
* [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education]] (ICSE), India
* [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education]] (ICSE), India
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* [[Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh]] (MPBSE), India
* [[Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh]] (MPBSE), India
* [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education]] (MSBSHSE), India
* [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education]] (MSBSHSE), India
*[https://easyadmissions.org/telangana-open-school-admission-2021-22-call-8801045488/ Telangana Open School Admission 2023-24]
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 04:14, 19 April 2026


For other uses of "NIOS", see NIOS (disambiguation).

National Institute of Open Schooling
राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विद्यालयी शिक्षा संस्थान
official Seal of The NIOS Board
AbbreviationNIOS
FormationNovember 12, 1989; 36 years ago (1989-11-12)
TypeNational, Open Schooling
Legal statusActive
Official language
  • Hindi
  • English
Chairman
Dr. Akhilesh Mishra[1]
Director
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Singh
Parent organisation
Ministry of Education (India)
Websitenios.ac.in
Formerly called
National Open School

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), 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 (formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development) of the Government of India in 1989.[2]

The NIOS operates through a network of five departments, 23 regional centres, two sub-regional centres, two NIOS cells, and more than 7,400 study centres (AIs/AVIs) across India and abroad. It is recognized as the largest open schooling system in the world, with a cumulative enrolment of over 4.13 million learners during the last five years.

Between 2004 and 2009, NIOS recorded a cumulative enrolment of about 1.5 million students at the secondary and senior secondary levels, and it continues to enrol around 350,000 learners annually. NIOS functions as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, similar in status to other national educational boards such as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

International collaboration and overseas centres[edit | edit source]

The NIOS collaborates with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO.[3] It also has study centres for Indian expatriates in Bahrain, the 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[edit | edit source]

NIOS offer the following courses:[5]

  • Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme for 14+ years age group (adolescents and adults) that are equivalent to classes of the formal school system
    • Level A - Equivalent to Class III
    • Level B - Equivalent to Class V
    • Level C - Equivalent to Class VIII
    • Secondary Course—Equivalent to class X
    • Senior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XII
  • Vocational Education Courses
  • Life enrichment programmes
  • D.EL.ED. course
  • Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses for students at the Industrial Training Institute
  • Indian Sign Language as a subject at the Secondary Level for Children with Hearing Impairment (Deafness), since 2021.

Examinations[edit | edit source]

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.

Organization & Administration[edit | edit source]

The NIOS is organized as an autonomous education board under the Ministry of Education. The organization is overseen by an Executive Board including staff from the MoE, Directors responsible for sectors of the NIOS mission (Academic, Vocational, Student Support Services and Evaluation), as well as a Secretary and Chairman. The current Chairman is Dr. Akhilesh Mishra.[6]

Programs are delivered through a network of centres across India, including:

  • regional centres in Allahabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kochi, Patna, Pune, Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Raipur, Chennai, Ranchi, Dhramshala, Vishakapatnam, Sikkim, Amethi.
  • sub-regional centres in Darbhanga and Kota
  • 3,530 Accredited Institutions (AIs) for academic courses
  • 1,379 Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs) for vocational education courses
  • 1,313 Accredited Agencies (AAs) for Open Basic Education[7]

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

  1. Mary Kom, a former Indian Olympic boxer
  2. Kavya Madhavan, an Indian actress

See also[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Professor Akhilesh Mishra takes charge as Chairman of NIOS". TheIndianExpress. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "National Institute of Open Schooling". Nos.org. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "International Centre for Training in Open Schooling". Nos.org. 16 November 1945. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Majumdar Sahil, Pallavi (15 October 2002). "Open school for UAE expats". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "About Us".
  6. ↑ "NIOS Staff list". nios.ac.in. NIOS. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "At A Glance: the National Institute for Open Schooling".

External links[edit | edit source]

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