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

National Institute of Open Schooling
The On Demand Examinations at Secondary and
Senior Secondary level were conducted by NIOS in
the following subjects:
Secondary Course: Hindi, English, Sanskrit,
Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Economics,
Commerce, Home Science, Word Processing and
Psychology.
Senior Secondary Course: Mathematics, Physics,
Commerce, Hindi, Home Science and Political
Science. The question bank for conducting On
Demand Examination in the remaining subjects is being
developed.
The On Demand Examinations at the Secondary and
Senior Secondary stages were conducted at the NIOS
Headquarters from Tuesday to Friday (except on
public holidays) with a capacity of 130 students per
day and at NIOS Regional Centre Pune, Hyderabad,
Kochi, Patna, Bhopal, Jaipur and Kolkata with
capacity to accommodate students ranging from ten
to fifty students depending upon the existing available
infrastructure for conduct of On Demand Examination.
The practical examinations are conducted on Fridays
and Saturdays at designated CBSE centres.
To meet the demand of candidates for On Demand
Examination, the frequency of On Demand
Examination was increased from three to four times a
week. To facilitate the candidates, On Line Registration
of On Demand Candidates was introduced and
manual registration was stopped.
This scheme of On Demand Examination has
been decentralized to all the Regional Offices
of NIOS with the effect from March, 2010.
Number of students Appeared under
On Demand Examination
(From 1 st April 2009 to till 31 st March 2010)
Secondary Course
S.No Subject
Appeared
1 Hindi 887
2 English 1292
3 Sanskrit 47
4 Mathematics 1243
5 Science & Technology 1361
6 Social Science 1229
7 Economics 692
8 Business Studies 660
9 Home Science 709
10 Word Processing 630
11 Psychology 107
Total students 8857
Senior Secondary Course
S.No Subject
Appeared
1 Mathematics 1266
2 Physics 967
3 Business Studies 747
4 Hindi 1126
5 Home Science 792
6 Political Science 776
Total Students 5674
14.12 Hunar Project
In partnership with Bihar State Government, Project
HUNAR was launched. Under this project the Muslim
minority girl children were to be trained in vocational
trades free of cost, tested and certified. The
Evaluation Deptt. conducted first phase of
examination under this project on 13.6.2009 in seven
vocational trades covering 37 districts of the State. A
total of 13,768 students were enrolled for this
examination.
The second phase of (supplementary) examinations
of students was conducted on 12.12.2009 covering
37 districts. A total of 4532 students enrolled for this
examinations.
On successful execution of the Project, the Bihar Govt.
has requested NIOS to test and certify students of
new batch admitted under HUNAR Project-Phase-
II. It is expected that a total of about 65,000 students
will be covered and testing will be done in nine
vocational trades under Phase-II of the project.
Besides Muslim minority girl children, children from
SC/ST and backward communities will also get the
benefit of certification.
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