(a) whether any assessment has lately been made about the
success of the National Open School (NOS);
(b) if so, the details in this regard;
(c) the number of children who seek admission/passout from
the NOS every year;
(d) whether it is also a fact that the students who have
completed the schooling from NOS are not getting admission
in the colleges;
(e) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(f) the remedial steps being taken in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.13 ASKED BY S/SHRI SHANKAR PRASAD JAISWAL AND
HANNAN MOLLAH MPs REGARDING ‘NATIONAL OPEN SCHOOL’
No specific study has been undertaken through an
outside agency to assess the impact made by the National
Open School since its establishment as an autonomous
organisation of the Ministry of HRD in November 1989.
However, a phenomenal growth rate recorded by the National
Open School in student enrolment as well as in the number of
Accredited Institutions (Study Centres) are indicators of
the success achieved by it in imparting education from
primary to pre-degree level to a large category of students.
Starting with a meager figure of 40,884 students and 161
study centres in 1990-91, there are now more than 7 lakhs
students on the rolls of National Open School. Total
number of study centres has risen to more than 1700. The
annual enrolment of students has crossed the figure of 2
lakhs.
National Open School has informed Government that
number of students admitted/certified in Academic Courses at
Secondary and Senior Secondary level during the last three
years were as given below:-
Year Secondary Course Senior Secondary Course Admitted Certified Admitted Certified
1998-99 75699 27878 46172 18311 1999-2000 86854 41234 59580 23203 2000-2001 109213 45443 75916 21832