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

National Institute of Open Schooling
6. International Collaboration
6.1 Visit of President & CEO,
Commonwealth of Learning
Sir John Daniel, President & CEO of Commonwealth
of Learning visited NIOS on 13 November 2009.He
addressed the officers of NIOS and shared his
perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of
Open Distance Learning (ODL) at school level. The
issue of the creation of Open Educational Resources
(OER) and sharing of materials by the member
countries was discussed. It was proposed that before
the year end a workshop on creating OER under
global intellectual commons with participation from
various Commonwealth Countries may be organized.
Sir Daniel was joined by Dr. Sridhar, Director,
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
(CEMCA) who discussed the enormous media
possibilities.
6.2 International Workshop on
“Monitoring and Evaluation for
Open Schools”
Preparation to organise an international workshop on
"Monitoring and Evaluation for Open Schools" started
in December, 2009/January, 2010. The workshop
was to be held in collaboration with COL to which
delegates from various countries like Bangladesh,
Pakistan and Srilanka and various State Open Schools
of India were to be invited. It was felt that various
issues and challenges being faced by the Open
Schools today in India and other South Asian
Countries were similar. Hence, deliberations on
common issues specially in areas of Evaluation for
and Monitoring of Open Schools were essential.
The outcomes envisaged for the workshop were (i)
an increased understanding of Monitoring and
Evaluation, (ii) ability to write indicators as pertaining
to their work in open schooling and (iii) to contribute
to the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
It was proposed that a framework on how to
monitor and evaluate the activities of the open
schooling system may developed. This would enable
Open Schools to emerge as quality institutions in
the Asian region to achieve the goals of education
for all.
This workshop was to be organised as the first
programme of COMOSA as a good governance
initiative.
6.3 Adolescence Education
Programme
NIOS is presently engaged in implementing
Adolescence Education Programme (AEP)
supported by UNFPA under the Project Title: Country
Programme VII –Reproductive Health.
In tandem with the recommendations of the National
Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 which outlines
that educational processes should engage learners in
creating knowledge that is relevant to their experiences,
promote healthy attitudes and enable them to think
critically and respond to real-life situations in positive
and responsible ways, UNFPA India supports the
Ministry of Human Resource Development’s
(MHRD) Adolescence Education Program (AEP).
By building on relevant experiences of young people,
the program focuses on enhancing life skills to enable
young people to tackle real-life situations effectively.
Against this backdrop, Adolescence Education
Program (AEP) works through both co-curricular and
curricular formats.
6.4 Commonwealth Open Schooling
Association (COMOSA)
Inaugural Meeting
A two day inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth
Open Schooling Association (COMOSA) held at
New Delhi from 23 to 24 November, 2009 organized
by Commonwealth of Learning adopted the
Constitution of COMOSA. COMOSA is a
democratic, collaborative and futuristic organization
based on mutual refspect and committed to support
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