Monday 1 December 2014

NIOS Board

NIOS Board
National institute of open schooling abbreviated as nios is a national board of education for distance education which conducts secondary and senior secondary examinations for open schools similar to CBSE and other state boards. It was established in 1989 and headquartered in Noida , Uttar Pradesh.



The board provides inexpensive education to remote areas of the country. The examinations are held twice a year on fixed dates in the month of April–May and October–November. NIOS is also collaborated with Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO. Apart from the secondary and senior secondary courses, NIOS offers other courses like: Railway Jobs 2015
1.     Open Basic Education Programme, which is a three level course--
·       OBE 'A' Level which is equivalent to class III
·       OBE 'B' Level which is equivalent to class V
·       OBE 'C' Level which is equivalent to class VIII
2.     Life Enrichment Programmes.

3.     Vocational education programmes for that prepares people for specific trades, crafts and careers.
  

For the effective function, NIOS set up regional offices , study centres in India, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Nepal, Canada and the United States.
About 350,000 students enrolls anually in NIOS which make it the largest open schooling system in the world.


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