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Table 12.8 Religion wise Enrolment during 2009-10
Religion Secondary Sr. Secondary Total Percentage
Hindu 165329 166517 331846 79.06
Muslim 23463 18700 42163 10.04
Christian 16916 13974 30980 7.38
Sikh 5976 5708 11684 2.78
Jain 209 230 439 0.10
Buddhist 1393 1204 2597 0.61
Parsi 37 30 67 0.02
Jews 14 02 16 .01
Total 213337 206365 419702 100
Religion wise students enrolment during 2009-10
42163
439
30980 11684
2597 67
16
331846
Hindu
Muslim
Christian
Sikh
Jain
Buddhist
Parsi
Jew
12.3 Development of Prospectus
2009-10
The Prospectus is the document through which
admissions are facilitated in NIOS. The Prospectus
contains the details of the Academic programmes as
well as the procedure of admission. During the year
2009-10, a number of significant decisions were
taken with a view to make the Prospectus more
learner friendly and also ensuring that information
about NIOS was available to people in the remotest
part of the country.
As a prelude, an intensive exercise was carried out
to review and redraft the Prospectus. It was observed
that the existing Prospectus was published separately
for Delhi Region, Chandigarh Region, for Guwahati
and Kolkata Region, and for Rest of India. As per
practice, the application form for admission was kept
separate from the Prospectus and printed on paper
of a better quality so that it could be kept as record
for the next 5 years. Based upon past experience
wherein a number of student related problems had
arisen due to wrong address given by learners it was
decided to put forth a stronger policy for proof of
residence. However, keeping in mind the target group
of street children, nomadic populations and migrant
people, some relaxations related to residence proof
were made for such groups.
12.4 Revision of Standard Operating
Procedure for Admission
During the year 2009-10, the Standard Operating
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