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National Institute of Open Schooling
National Institute of Open Schooling
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Established |
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1989 |
Type |
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Governmental Board of School Education |
Headquarters |
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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Location |
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NOIDA Distt., Gautam Budh Nagar |
Chairman |
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Sitansu S. Jena |
Website |
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www.nios.ac.in |
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) (formally National Open School) is the Board of Education for open schools, under the Union Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India in 1989. The NIOS is a national board that administers examinations for Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations of open schools similar to the CBSE and the CISCE.
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) provides opportunities to interested learners by making available the following Courses / Programmes of Study through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode.
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The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO are among the main collaborating institutions helping in promotion of Open Schooling in India. NIOS has been interacting with several developing countries in their endeavors for promotion of open schooling and capacity building besides organizing advocacy programmes which has led to setting up of an International Center for Training in Open Schooling (ICTOS). The ICTOS offers Certificate, Advanced Certificate, and Diploma courses in open schooling.
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- Academic
- Vocational Education
- Student Support Services
- Administration
- Evalution
- Media Unit / Telecast
- Computer Unit
- Minority Cell
- Material Production Dispatch & Distribution
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- Secondary
- Sr. Secondary
- Open Basic Education (OBE)
- Vocational Education
- Life Enrichment
- Life Skills Programme
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The public examinations are held twice a year in the months of April-May and October-November on dates fixed by the NIOS.
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Regional Offices |
Jurisdiction / States Covered |
Delhi I |
East Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, Jhajjar, Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad
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Delhi II |
South Delhi, West Delhi, South West Delhi, Central Delhi, New Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad
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Hyderabad |
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka |
Pune |
Maharashtra and Goa, Daman and Diu |
Chandigarh |
Haryana (excluding Faridabad, Gurgaon and Jhajjar), Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh
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Kolkata |
Sikkim, West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Subcentre Bhubaneswar |
Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
Kochi |
Tamilnadu, Kerala and Pondicherry |
Patna |
Bihar and Jharkhand |
Jaipur |
Rajasthan and Gujarat |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh |
Allahabad |
UttarPradesh and sub Centre Dehradun |
Sub Regional Centre - Dehradun |
Uttrakhand, Meerut, Bagpat, Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Moradabad and J.P. Nagar (Amroha), distt. of UP
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NIOS HeadQuarter :
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Address
A-24/25, Institutional Area, Sector - 62, NOIDA Distt., Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh - 201 309.
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Phone
Name and Designation |
Contact Details |
Dr. S. S. Jena Chairman |
Telephone : 0120-2403173 Fax: 0120-2403174 Email: cm@nios.ac.in PS to Chairman: 0120-4089802 |
Shri Uday N. Khaware Secretary |
Tel: 0120-2402889 Fax: 0120-2403172 Email: secretary@nios.ac.in PA to Secretary: 0120-4089809 |
Sh. C. Dharuman Director (Evaluation) |
Tel: 0120-4089893 Fax: 0120-4089850 Email: direval@nios.ac.in cdharuman(at)nios[dot]ac[dot]in PA to Dir.(Eval.): 0120-4089844 |
Dr. K. P. Wasnik Director (Vocational Education) |
Tel: 0120-4089832/4089835 Fax: 0120-4089819 Email: dirvoc@nios.ac.in PA to Dir.(VE): 0120-4089835 |
Dr. Kuldeep Agarwal Director (Academic) |
Tel: 0120-4089899 Fax: 0120-4626902 Email: diracad@nios.ac.in PA to Dir.(Acad.): 0120-4626903 |
Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj Director (Student Support Serivces) |
Tel: 0120-4089895 Fax: 0120-4089858 Email: dirsss@nios.ac.in PA to Dir.(SSS): 0120-4089828 |
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