2009-10 (16.6 MB) - The National Institute of Open Schooling

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National Institute of Open Schooling Organisational Structure National Open School Society General Body Executive Board Finance Committee Chairman Academic Department Vocational Education Department Student Support Services Department Evaluation Department Administration Department Printing Unit MD Unit Regional Centres • Allahabad • Bhopal • Chandigarh • Delhi • Guwahati • Hyderabad • Jaipur • Kolkata • Kochi • Patna • Pune • Dehradun • Bhubaneswar • Bengaluru • Gandhinagar • Imphal Sub-Regional Centres • Darbhanga • Visakhapatnam Computer Unit Media Unit Research and Development Cell Annual Report 2009-10 9
National Institute of Open Schooling 3. Academic Programmes 3.0 Introduction The Academic Department and the Vocational Education Department form the most important departments of the NIOS. These two departments develop education programmes and/or courses to give opportunity to the learners to pursue the course of learning of their choice. The Academic department takes care of academic courses which encompasses the entire school education continuum. Both the departments collaborate with each other to develop functional and need/based courses to benefit the learners. The Academic department is primarily engaged in development and revision of academic programmes together with research and development activities and also provides support in the area of evaluation of learners. Broadly, NIOS Academic department has following units : 1. Open Basic Education 2. Secondary and Senior Secondary courses 3. Adolescence Education Programme A detailed report follows. 3.1 Open Basic Education The programme of Open Basic Education (OBE) of NIOS envisages schooling by providing a learning continuum based on graded curriculum while ensuring quality of education for children, neo-literates, school drop-outs/ left-outs and completers of non-formal education (NFE). The OBE Project was started in NIOS in June 1994 for providing Primary and Upper Primary level Education through Open and Distance Learning. The OBE programme is being conducted for both children and adult learners. These learners fall under two categories – (i) Children of 6 - 14 years, and (ii) Adults of 15 years and above. The OBE programme has been recognized by the Government of India as equivalent education to the formal school for purposes of higher education and employment. Different states have indicated their interest in the programme for adults and neo literates. The OBE is offered in some states as an Equivalency Programme under the Continuing Education scheme of the National Literacy Mission (NLM), now Saakshar Bharat. The OBE programme has three levels A, B and C equivalent to Standard III rd , Standard V th and Standard VIII th of the formal school system. For implementation of OBE programme, NIOS has now partnership with 682 Agencies, providing facilities for the learners at their study centers. NIOS on its part provides resource support such as NIOS model curricula, exemplar study materials, joint certification and orientation of Resource Persons. The main objective of Open Basic Education Programme is to reach the unreached by using the potential of Distance Education mode and by developing alternative models of basic education programmes. NIOS through its OBE programme contributes to the objective of the constitutional commitment to achieve the goal of universal elementary and secondary education and to fulfill the expectation towards Education for All (EFA). The foundation of the OBE programme is based upon openness and flexibility. The registration period is valid for five years thereby not only giving freedom to the learners to choose their subjects but also to study on their own pace. It also provides freedom to select the medium of their choice. A learner has a choice of Hindi, English or any Regional Language as medium of study. OBE programme has no upper age limit for any learner, though children below the age of 6 years are not registered in the programme. The OBE unit performs two types of tasks - (a) (b) Development of curriculum Accreditation of Agencies 10 Annual Report 2009-10
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