The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was set up as National Open School
in 1989 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, as
an autonomous organisation. It provides educational opportunities to persons like you
who wish to study further and qualify for a better tomorrow. The Mission of NIOS is
to provide education to all with special concern for girls and women, rural youth,
working men and women, SC and ST, differently abled persons and other disadvantaged
persons who because of one or other reason could not continue their education with
the formal system. NIOS operates through a network of Eleven Regional Centres,
two Sub-Regional Centres and about three thousand Accredited Institutions (AIs) and
Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs) commonly known as Study Centres in India,
Nepal and Middle East Countries. For academic courses, admission is made through
these AIs of NIOS as well as through On-line (Ni-On) Project.
Source: NIOS
