National Institute of Open Schooling

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www.nos.org www.nios.ac.in
National Institute of Open Schooling NIOS
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Introduction

• NIOS is an autonomous organisation under the
  Department of Education, Ministry of Human
  Resource Development, Govt. Of India.
• Established in 1989.

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National Institute of Open Schooling

• The Largest Open School in the World Providing
  Alternative Schooling System

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Largest In terms of

• Enrolment (cumulative for last 5 years)
• Sec. Sr.Sec. and Vocational - 13,30,427
• Total students certified - 8,29,852
• Geographical Area
• India, Middle East, Nepal, Canada
• Study Centres (A Is) - 1618
• Study Centres Abroad - 15
• Vocational Centres (AVI) - 870
• Open Basic Education (AAs) - 245
• Regional Centres - 10

Kolkata Hyderabad Pune Guwahati Chandigarh Allahab
ad Delhi Kochi Patna Jaipur
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Target Groups

• Anybody from anywhere within the country can
  seek admission to the various courses offered by
  NIOS. However, the prioritised client groups are
• Out of school children
• Girls and women
• Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
• Rural people and urban poor
• Unemployed/part employed
• Differently Able Children

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Features of Open Learning

• Self Paced Learning
• Learner - centric
• Freedom to choose subjects, according to ones
  needs, interests and abilities
• Credit accumulation facility over a period of 5
  years
• Continuous assessment through Tutor Marked
  Assignments
• Opportunity to continue education using ICT and
  modern communication

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Cont.

• Learning Support through Personal Contact
  Programme (PCPs)
• Provision of re-admission after 5 years
• Transfer of credits from CBSE and State Open
  School Students up to 2 Subjects.

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Courses Programmes

• Elementary
• Open Basic Education (OBE) at A level, B level, C
  level equivalent to Class III, V, VIII
  respectively of Formal Education
• Offered in association with Registered voluntary
  Organisation/Non-Government Organisations known
  as Accredited Agencies.
• Learners under OBE are 6-14 years and above 14
  years.

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Courses Programmes
Cont.

• Secondary
• leading to Secondary School Certificate
• Apart from Hindi and English Medium, the course
  is offered in Urdu, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi and
  Malayalam medium also.
• Senior Secondary
• leading to Senior Secondary Certificate.
• Apart from Hindi and English Medium, the course
  is offered in Urdu Medium also.

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Courses Programmes
Cont.

• Open Vocational Education
• Life Enrichment programme
• Jan Swasthya
• Paripurna Mahila
• Bhartiya Culture and Heritage
• Yog

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On-Demand Examination (ODE)
Concept Feasibility Operationalisation
National Institute of Open Schooling New Delhi
www.nos.org
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Use of ICT in Evaluation-On-Demand Examination

• NIOS has Conceptualised and operationalised the
  concept of On-Demand Examination (ODE) at
  Secondary Stage.
• ODE system has enabled NIOS students to take up
  examinations on any day of his or her choice in
  the subject s/he is ready for.
• Learner centric Examination System

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Development of Question Bank

• A huge Item/Question Bank covering all the
  subjects has been developed.
• The Question bank contains a huge database of
  various types of questions such as multiple
  choice questions, short questions, very short
  questions and long questions.
• These questions are from all objective areas
  covering Knowledge, Understanding, Application
  and skill.

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Generation of Question Booklet

• A question booklet having defined number of items
  is generated randomly.
• It is based on the paper design and blue print of
  the question booklet.
• All such generated question booklet are different
  from each other.
• The difficulty level of different question
  booklets has been maintained.
• The question booklet is of equivalent standard
  with NIOS public exam and other board

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Blue Print of Question Paper
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Scope

• Number of items in item bank 1000
• in a subject
• No.of questions in a set of 30
• Question paper
• No. Of Content Areas 07
• Number of Learning Objectives 04
• Number of Types of Question 04

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Scope Contd.........

• Then by applying Permutation and Combination
• 1000C30
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• 30C7 X 30C4 X 30C4
• 2 X 1042 (Different sets can be
  generated)
• Probability of repetition of a particular item
  1/No. of items available in that particular cell
  of the databank

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Implementation

• The first functional ODE Centre started from 8th
  February, 2005 at NIOS HQ. New Delhi
• Currently the capacity of ODE centre is for 25
  students per day on every Tuesday Wednesday
• The conduct of ODE is monitored through CCTV
  installed in the ODE examination hall.
• Practical exams are conducted at one of the AI
  named Fr Agnels School, Gautam Nagar, New Delhi
  on every Friday.

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Evaluation Result Declaration

• Evaluation pattern practice are same as
  followed by all Examination Board.
• Each QB has a unique fictitious QBCode.
• The flap with real Rollno is removed and is sent
  for evaluation with QBCode only.
• The evaluation of the question booklets are done
  by a panel of examiners in the spot evaluation
  mode.
• The result ODE is declared on the last day of the
  month and published through NIOS web site.

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Expansion of ODE

• The ODE Centres are being planned to be opened at
  NIOS Regional Centres in the next phase during
  April 2005- March 2006.

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Thanks But Still a long way to go