The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School, is the board of education under the Union Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India in 1989 to provide education to all segments of society under the motive to increase literacy and aimed forward for flexible learning. The NIOS is a national board that administers examinations for Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations similar to the CBSE and the CISCE. It also offers vocational courses after the high school.
Tenure: 1 year
Frequency of exams: Twice a year (April and October)
Eligibility:
Subject Offered:
Group-A
Hindi(201), English(202), Bengali(203), Marathi(204), Telugu(205), Urdu(206), Gujarati(207), Kannada(208), Sanskrit(209), Punjabi(210), Assamese (228), Nepali(231), Malayalam (232), Odia (233), Arabic (235), Persian (236), Tamil (237), Sindhi (238).
Group-B
*Mathematics(211), *Science and Technology (212), Social Science (213), Economics (214), Business Studies (215), *Home Science (216), *Data Entry Operation (E) (229), Psychology (222), Indian Culture & Heritage (223), *Painting (225), *Data Entry Operations (229), Accountacy (224), *Hindustani Music (242), *Carnatic Sangeet (243)
Tenure: 1 year
Mode: year
Eligibility:
Subject Offered:
Group-A
Hindi (301), English (302), Bangla (303), Tamil (304), Odia (305), Urdu (306), Gujarati (307), Sanskrit (309), Punjabi (310)
Group-B
Mathematics (311), *Home Science (321), Psychology (328), *Geography (316), Economics (318), Business Studies (319), *Painting (332), *Data entry Operation (336)
Indian Knowledge Tradition#
Veda Adhyan #(345), Sanskrit Vyakaran #(346), Bharatiya Darshan #(347), Sanskrit Sahitya #(348)
Group-C
*Physics(312), History(315), *Library and Information Sc.(339), *Enviornmental Science(333)
Group-D
* Chemistry (313), Political Science (317), *Mass Communication (335), Military Studies (374)
Group-E
*Biology (314), Accountancy (320),*Introduction to Law (338),Military History (375)
Group-F
*Computer Science (330), Sociology (331), Tourism (337),*Physical Education and Yog (373)
Learner can opt only one subject from each of Group C,D,E and F