OREANDA-NEWS. Details of students enrolled in the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) during the last three years are as under:-

Category

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

General

365124

345246

352474

Scheduled Castes

54208

47741

48145

Scheduled Tribes

43684

35808

37327

Other Backward Classes

61550

64001

65210

Total

524566

492796

503156

 

NIOS has taken initiatives to improve quality and efficiency, such as development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to provide freedom to learners to study and get assessed anytime, anywhere,  NIOS community radio offering special approach to community, setting up of more regional offices in North East and promotion of languages of north east, in-service training for elementary teachers, professional development programme of elementary education, equivalency programme for continuing education of neo-literates, development of language learning courses in Indian languages and educational and livelihood support to differently abled persons.

NIOS offers 96 vocational courses in the areas of Agriculture, Business and Commerce, Computer and Information Technology, Health and Paramedical Sciences, Home Science and Hospitality and Teacher Training through a network of 1400 Accredited Vocational Institutes across the country.