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

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The meeting was
inaugurated by Shri
Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble
Union Minister for
Human Resource
Development, Govt. of
India. Expressing
concern over the
enormous challenge of
reaching out to a large
number of out of school children at the secondary
stage, the Union HRD Minister emphasized the need
to upscale the Open Schooling system and said that
the States should consider themselves as active
stakeholders in the Open Schooling system. He
opined that the option for Open Schooling should be
regarded not as a poor alternative but as an effective
empowering system by producing high quality
materials which also needs to be continuously
evaluated by outside agencies. Speaking on the
importance of skill development, he advised that Open
Schools should keep their vocational education
programmes open to all to make the system more
flexible, enabling learners to shift from academic to
vocational courses and vice versa.
Presiding over the meeting, the Hon’ble Minister of
State, MHRD, Smt. D. Purandeswari, lauded the
efforts of NIOS for promotion of Open Schooling.
She adviced that the
NIOS should explore
the feasibility of setting
up a Regional Centre in
every State, specifically
in disdvantaged regions
like Visakhapatnam
particularly to take care
of the enrolment of girls
and children belonging to marginalised groups.
Dr. S.S. Jena,
Chairman, NIOS
mentioned that NIOS
was in the process of
developing equivalency
and skill development
programmes to support
the Sakshar Bharat
Mission and reach out
to neo-literates. He
was of the opinion that
Open Schooling should be expanded to cater to the
needs of children who have droped out of school. In
this regard, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for
Promotion of Open Schooling is under consideration,
he informed.
After the days delibrations task forces were set up
for:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Preparation of Plan of Action for Upscaling of
the Open Schooling System
Development of Curriculm Framework for Open
Schooling
Preparation of Framework for Evaluation
System in Open Schooling
9.3 Research and Innovations
The Research Unit has been established at National
Institute of Open Schooling with the following
objectives:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
To conduct Research Advisory Committee
meetings for developing policies and
frameworks for conduct of research activities.
To conduct Workshops/Seminars to finalize the
priority areas on Research in NIOS.
To facilitate systemic/discipline based research
in the Institution.
The fifth meeting of the Research Advisory Committee
of NIOS was held on 20 th January, 2010 with all Head
of the Departments of NIOS. The Committee
approved the Revised Scheme of Grant-in-Aid for
Research Projects in Open Schooling (GRPOS).The
Research Unit will undertake and perform the following
accordingly:
(i)
Constitution of Sub Committees of the RAC for
specific purposes.
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