National Institute of Open Schooling

National institute of Open Schooling
Abbreviation	NIOS
Formation	1989
Type	Governmental Board of Education
Headquarters	Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Official language	Hindi; English;
Chairman	Prof. Saroj Sharma
Parent organisation	Ministry of Education; (Government of India)
Website	www.nios.ac.in

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The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School is a national level board of education in India, controlled and managed by the Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) of the Government of India in 1989.^[1]

NIOS had a cumulative enrollment of about 1.5 million students from 2004 to 2009 at secondary and senior secondary levels and enrolls about 350,000 students annually which makes it the largest open schooling system in the world.^[2]

^ "National Institute Of Open Schooling". Nos.org. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "pub_PS_OpenSchooling_web" (PDF). Col.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[1] "National Institute Of Open Schooling". Nos.org. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[2] "pub_PS_OpenSchooling_web" (PDF). Col.org. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

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