NIOS : The Way Forward - The National Institute of Open Schooling
NIOS : The Way Forward - The National Institute of Open Schooling
NIOS : The Way Forward - The National Institute of Open Schooling
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<strong>NIOS</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>Forward</strong> / 17<br />
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In July 2002 the NOS was re-christened as <strong>National</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Open</strong><br />
<strong>Schooling</strong> (<strong>NIOS</strong>).<br />
Secondary Stage Courses <strong>of</strong>fered Currently <strong>NIOS</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers to the students<br />
the following courses to choose from at the Secondary stage.<br />
Hindi<br />
English<br />
Urdu<br />
Sanskrit<br />
Bengali<br />
Marathi<br />
Telugu<br />
Gujarati<br />
Kannada<br />
Punjabi<br />
Assamese<br />
Nepali<br />
Malayalam<br />
Oriya<br />
Persian<br />
Tamil<br />
Mathematics<br />
Science and Technology*<br />
Social Science<br />
Economics<br />
Business Studies<br />
Home Science*<br />
Word Processing* (English)<br />
Psychology<br />
Indian Culture & Heritage<br />
Painting*<br />
Arabic<br />
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Senior Secondary Stage courses <strong>of</strong>fered <strong>The</strong> following courses are <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
at the Senior Secondary Stage to choose from.<br />
Hindi<br />
English<br />
Urdu<br />
Sanskrit<br />
Mathematics<br />
Physics*<br />
Chemistry*<br />
Biology*<br />
History<br />
Geography*<br />
Mass Communication*<br />
Politcal Science<br />
Economics<br />
Business Studies<br />
Accountancy<br />
Home Science*<br />
Word Processing* (English)<br />
Psychology<br />
Computer Science*<br />
Sociology<br />
Painting*<br />
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Vocational Education Courses <strong>of</strong>fered Catering to the young adult or to<br />
an older person, who wants to find suitable employment and hence wants<br />
to acquire job skills, both NOS and later the <strong>NIOS</strong> paid attention to develop<br />
several vocational education courses as a major course provision.<br />
Vocational education has not had too many takers in the education system<br />
in the country, for a variety <strong>of</strong> cultural factors. <strong>NIOS</strong> is making a special<br />
effort to make this popular. <strong>The</strong> large provision <strong>of</strong> such courses is evidence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the commitment <strong>of</strong> <strong>NIOS</strong> to cater to the Roti Kapda Makkan needs <strong>of</strong><br />
the average citizen <strong>of</strong> our country. <strong>The</strong>se courses vary in duration; <strong>NIOS</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong>fers two year course, one year certificate courses, one year package<br />
courses, one year stand alone certificate courses, six month courses and
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