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Answer 1

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School, (name changed in 2002) is the board of education under theUnion Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of theGovernment of India in 1989[1] to provide education to remote areas under the motive to increase literacy and aimed forward for flexible learning.Here children can study without coming to school. The NIOS is a national board that administers examinations for Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations of open schools similar to the CBSE and theCISCE to increase literacy and provide education to rural areas. It also offers vocational courses after the high school. Despite being established for distance education, NIOS provides a formal and regular secondary and Senior Secondary program equivalent to CBSE.


It had a cumulative enrollment of about 1.5 million students from 2004 to 2009 at secondary and senior secondary levels and enrolls about 350,000 students annually which makes it the largest open schooling system in the world.

International collaboration and overseas centres

The NIOS collaborates with theCommonwealth of Learning (COL) andUNESCO.[3] It also has study centres for Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Nepal, Canada,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Australia,United Kingdom, New Zealand,Malaysia, Singapore and the United States of America.


Courses offered

NIOS offer the following courses:

Open Basic Education Programme, which includes following three levels coursesOBE 'A' Level course—Equivalent to class IIIOBE 'B' Level course—Equivalent to class VOBE 'C' Level course—Equivalent to class VIIISecondary Course—Equivalent to class XSenior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XIIVocational Education CoursesLife enrichment programmes


Examinations

The public examinations are held twice a year in April–May and October–November on dates fixed by the NIOS. However, one is also eligible to appear through the On Demand Examinations at Secondary Level and Senior Secondary level in those subjects only in which candidates have taken admission in NIOS for subject wise learning. Results of the public examinations are announced usually six weeks after the last date of examinations.

Answer 2

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