ADMISSION
Transfer of Credits (TOC) Facilities
Dual Enrolment and part Credit
Confirmation of Admission and Issue of Identity Card
Secondary
Course
This Course is equivalent to the Xth standard. You can choose subjects from the
Scheme of Studeies given in Table-. However, you will be required to
successfully complete a minimum of five subjects, which is compulsory for
certification.
Senior
Secondary Course
This Course is designed for those who have passed the Xth standard or equivalent examination from a reconised Board and would like to continue their education towards a Senior Secondary Certification, equivalent to XII standard.
Your can choose subjects from the Scheme of Studies given in Table. However, you will be required to successfully complete a minimum of five subjects, which is compulsory for Certification (
Scheme of Studies
For different courses, the scheme of studies is shown in the Table below.
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Course |
Subject Offered |
Scheme of Studies |
|
Secondary |
Hindi(201), English(202), Bengali(203), Marathi(204), Telugu(205), Urdu(206), Gujarati(207), Kannada(208), Sanskrit(209), Punjabi(210), Assamese (228),Nepali(231), Malayalam(232), Oriya(233), Arabic (235)
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Senior Secondary |
Hindi(301), English(302), Urdu(306), Mathematics(311), *Physics(312),
Chemistry(313),*Biology(314),History(315), *Geography(316), Political
Science(317), Economics(318), Commerce(319), Accountancy(320), *Home
Science(321), |
- Subjects with * have theory as well as practical works.
- Only one out of Word Processing(E) (219), Typewriting(E) (218), Typewriting(H) (217)and Typewriting(Urdu)can be offered at Secondary stage. Similarly, at the Sr. Secondary stage only one out of Typewriting(H) (322), Typewriting (E) (323) and Word Processing (E) (327) can be offered as well as only one out of Stenography(H) (324), and Stenography(E) (325) and Stenography(Urdu) (329) can be offered.
Admission is open to one and all from 1st July to 31st July with out late fee, and from 1st Auguat to 16th August with late fee of Rs.50/-and from 17th August to 31st August with late fee of Rs.100/-. The admission will be though Als on First Come First Served Basis, subject to the availability of the capacity of enrolment allotted to the Al by NIOS. There will not be further extension of these dates.
For admission, you
must apply
1. Apply on the
prescribed Application Forms (three copies- Original, Duplicate & COMPUTER
INPUT FORM) for Admission given at end of this Prospectus though any Accredited
Institution (AI) of NIOS only. Click here for the list of
of Accredited Institutions (AIs) spread all over the country.
2. Read the instructions carefully
before filling up the Application Form.
3. Submit your filled up Application Forms for Admission, COMPUTER INPUT FORM and Provisional Admission Letter cum Receipt along with relevant documents and requisite fee to the AI of your choice at the earliest as seats in the AIs are limited.
4. The AI will give you Provisional Admission Letter cum Receipt on receiving the filled up Application Forms along with the fee. Your admission will remain provisional till the time it is confirmed by NIOS though the AI.
5. No Application Form for Admission shall be accepted by NIOS directly at its Headquarters/Regional Centres.
6. Incomplete application forms will be rejected.
The Candidates should be
Requirement |
Secondary Course |
Senior Secondary Course |
|
(a) Minimum Age Supporting Documents |
14 years Attested copy of the birth Certificate issued by a Municipal
Authority or district office of the Registrar of Birth and Deaths.
|
15 years |
Note: (i) In case of orphan/Juvenile/Street
Children, the Medical Legal Certificate may be provided as proof of Date of
Birth.
(ii) Affidavits Countersigned by Notary Public etc., will not be accepted and
the admission will be rejected.
(iii) Date of birth once given in the Admission Form will not be changed.
Please check and state the correct date of birth.
|
Requirement |
Secondary Course |
Senior Secondary Course |
|
Minimum Educational Qualification |
Certificate of Class VIII passed, or Self Certificate (as mentioned atThe back of Admission Form) |
Copy of the Certificate of the Secondary Examination passed from a recognized Board of Secondary Education duly attested by a Gazetted Officer |
Note: (i) Admission forms
received without supporting documents will be rejected and fee will not be
refunded.
(ii) If the secondary level examination is not passed from a recognised board,
admission at secondary level will not be considered. List of recognised Boards
(iii) If you possess a High School/Secondary Certificate from any foreign
Board/University and want to take admission to Senior Secondary course of NIOS,
you will be required to attach a certificate from the concerned ambessy to the
effect that the examination passed by you is equivalent to the Indian High
School/Secondary Examination.
Re-admission for Ex-NIOS students
The students of NIOS at SECONDARY/senior Secondary level who have completed their validity period of five years of admission, but could not complete the Course, are eligible to take Re-admission with NIOS. The credit of subject passed (maximum of four subjects) in the previous admission will be transferred to the fresh admission, if these subjects are passed during the lat ten years (i.e., if passed during 1996 or later).
Code No. Name of the
Board
9901 National Institute of Open Schooling (
Transfer of Credits (TOC) Facilities
Ex-Secondary/Senior Secondary students of the following Boards of School Education who have passed in at least one subject, but have not qualified in the course, may seek admission in the respective course at NIOS and avail facility of TOC.
Code Name of the Board
9902 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi
9903 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), Delhi
2101 UP Board of Secondary Education, Allahabad
3401 Uttarakhand Board of Examination, Nanital
1701 Madhyamik Shiksha Board, Rajasthan, Ajmer
1702 Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur
2601 Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi
0201 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Guwahati, Assam
0301 Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna
0302 Bihar School Examination Board, Patna
2001 Tripura Board of Secondary Education, Agartala, Tripura West
2201 W.B. Board of Secondary Education, Kolkata
0103 Andhra Pradesh Open School Society, Hyderabad
0502 Haryana Open School, Bhiwani
0702 J&K State Open School, Srinagar
0803 Karnataka Open School, Mysore
0903 Kerala State Open School, Thiruvananthapuram
1001 Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary, Education, Bhopal
1002 M.P. State Open School, Bhopal
1601 Punjab School Education Board, Mohali
2203 Ravindra Mukta Vidyalaya (West Bengal State Open School)
The facility of TOC will be permissible under the following conditions:
(i) You will have the option to get the credit transferred to a maximum of two
subjects, provided these subjects are passed in the last five years (i.e.,
passed during 2002 or later).
(ii) The credits will be given only in those subjects which are included in
NIOS scheme of studies and the scheme of examination. TOC in the subjects
having practicals at Sr. Secondary level will be allowed only when you are pass
in theory and practical separately.
(iii) You will have to give full details of the TOC subjects and marks obtained
on the Admission Form.
(iv) You will have to attach the original mark sheet issued by the respective
Board.
(v) You will have to pay requisite fee of an amount Rs. 75/- per subject for
transfer of credit for the number of subjects in which TOC is required.
Dual Enrolment and part Credit
Under this scheme if you are a learner who
(a) is studying in a regular school, or
(b) has already passed Secondary Sr. Secondary or any other higher course from
any Board/University, you can opt any subjects of your choicse, to update
knowledge and educational qualifications
However, on passing, only the statement of grades will be issued, No other certificate will be issued in this case.
Fee payable for various courses is given in table. Read it carefully. Admission fee payable for different courses include charges for registration, study materials, personal contact programmes , Identity Card etc.
To earn part credit, a learner can also take one or two subjects only. In such case, please pay fees as per the fee structure is given in the Table
Fee once paid is not refundable, or adjustable in future.
- Fee once paid is not refundable, or adjustable in future.
- Don’t pay any extra amount apart from the requisite fee.
FEE STRUCTURE
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General Category (Fee include PCP*, Registration Fee and cost of material) Exempted from PCP* fee |
Male |
Female |
SC/ST, Ex-Service Men/Handicapped |
|
Without Late Fee |
Without Late Fee |
Without Late Fee |
|
|
Secondary Course (i) for 5 subjects |
Rs.1000 |
Rs.750 |
Rs.550 |
|
(ii) for an additional Subject |
Rs.150 |
Rs.150 |
Rs.150 |
|
Senior Secondary Course (i) for 5 subjects |
Rs. 1150 |
Rs.900 |
Rs.625 |
|
(ii) for an additional Subject |
Rs.180 |
Rs.180 |
Rs.180 |
FEE STRUCTURE FOR Part Admission/ PART CREDIT/ TOC
|
Course level |
Registration Fee |
Cost of Course Material for each subject |
Fee for Transfer of Credit(TOC) (per subject) |
|
Secondary |
Rs.250 |
Rs.150 |
Rs. 75/- |
|
Sr. Secondary |
Rs.250 |
Rs.180 |
Rs. 75/- |
Admission fee should be paid to be AI either in cash or in the form of Bank
Draft drawn in favour of
“Coordinator………………” (name of
the AI). The AI will issue you acknowledgement for receipt of Application fee
as per fee structure only as given in Table
You admission will be
cancelled and fee paid will not be refunded on the following grounds:
Your admission form be
cancelled
if the admission form is incomplete,
if the supporting documents are not complete,
if the fee paid is short,
if false documents have been submitted,
if required educational qualifications are not fulfilled,
if the minimum are criteria is not fulfilled,
if incorrect or wrong information is given,
if the secondary examination is not passed from a recognised board.
Note: Admission once cancelled, will not be re-considered and fee paid will not be refunded under any circumstance.
NIOS will not be responsible if the request for admission is not considered on account of short payment deposited with the AI or if no seats are available with AI or if no seats are available with the AI.
Confirmation of Admission and Issue of Identity Card
Your admission to a particular course will be confirmed by NIOS by issuing an Identity Card and a confirmation letter giving your admission particulars as per the record available in NIOS computers. Do check the particulars given in the confirmation letter. Discrepancies, if any, may be brought to the notice of the AI immediately. The Identity Card will be issued only once and no modified Identity Card will be issued on subsequent changes/corrections of admission particulars. You should retain your Identity Card carefully till you complete your study in NIOS.
Other Facilities after Admission
(a) Issue of
Duplicate Identity Card
In case of loss of Identity Card, a duplicate Identity Card can be issued. For
obtaining Duplicate Identity Card, first lodge an FIR with the concerned Police
Station. Then apply on a plain paper to the concerned Regional Centre of NIOS
as listed in Appendix-‘D’ along with (i) the copy of FIR, (ii) Bank
Draft of Rs. 50/-drawn in favour of the Secretary, National Institute of Open
Schooling, payable at the concerned Regional Centre, and (iii) a photograph
along with specimen signatures duly attested by the Coordinator of AI.
(b) Change of
Subject/Additional Subject
During the admission period of five years, you can change one or more
subject(s), provided the total number of subjects does not exceed seven.
However, such a change is permissible within your registration, so that you can
appear in Public Examinations with the validity period of admission. No
change/addition of subjects will be allowed or the first examination i.e.,
April –May 2007 examination. Subject(s) passed cannot be changed.
For change of
subject/additional subject, you
are required to submit your application on plain paper to the Concerned
Regional Centre of the NIOS though your AI along with the prescribed fee as
given below for all categories of learners:
For Secondary Course Rs.90/-per subject
For Senior Secondary Course Rs.120/-per subject
The fee should be paid
though a Bank Draft drawn in favour of ‘Secretary, National Institute of
Open Schooling’ payable at the concerned regional Centre. No application
in this regard will be accepted in the NIOS Headquarters at
About your AI
The Accredited Institute (i.e. the Study center) chosen by you at the time of admission will provide the following services fee of cost to you:
- Issuing Admission Forms
and Prospectus at the Prescribed cost.
- Accept filled in Admission ‘form with requisite prescribed fees only.
- Issuing Identity Card, Admission Card and Roll Number.
- Supply the study materials (i.e., books of NIOS) without charging any money.
- Distribution of Certificates issued by NIOS.
- Holding Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs) and practical classes a prescribed
by NIOS.
- Evaluating Tutor Marked Assignments TMAs.
- Counselling to solve your problems/queries related to the course.
- Change of subject(s) or additional subject(s).
- In forming the dates of payment of fees, examination date sheet, examination
center and other important
information .
- Display of results of Public Examinations and distribution of
Marksheet/Certificate.
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