Question : Performance of NIOS

(a) the number of students enrolled including those belonging to the scheduled
castes, scheduled tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the National
Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) during the last three years, State/Districtwise
and year-wise including Rajasthan;
(b) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the
quality and efficiency of NIOS during the last three years;
(c) whether the Government has included schemes initiated by the Ministry of
Skill Development into the curriculum of NIOS and if so, the details thereof
along with the other skill development and vocational courses available in NIOS;
(d) the details of funds allocated/utilised for operation of NIOS during the last
three years, State-wise; and
(e) whether any evaluation of the performance of NIOS in States has been taken
by the Government and if so, the details of best performing and worst performing
States?

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a) : Details of students enrolled in the National Institute of Open Schooling
(NIOS) during the last three years are as under:-
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Category 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
General 365124 345246 352474
Scheduled Castes 54208 47741 48145
Scheduled Tribes 43684 35808 37327
Other Backward Classes 61550 64001 65210
Total 524566 492796 503156
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(Detailed information about State/District-wise enrolment, including in
Rajasthan is available on the website of NIOS at www.nios.ac.in).
(b): NIOS has taken initiatives to improve quality and efficiency, such as
development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to provide freedom to
learners to study and get assessed anytime, anywhere, NIOS community radio
offering special approach to community, setting up of more regional offices in
North East and promotion of languages of north east, in-service training for
elementary teachers, professional development programme of elementary
education, equivalency programme for continuing education of neo-literates,
development of language learning courses in Indian languages and educational
and livelihood support to differently abled persons.
(c): NIOS offers 96 vocational courses in the areas of Agriculture, Business and
Commerce, Computer and Information Technology, Health and Paramedical
Sciences, Home Science and Hospitality and Teacher Training through a network
of 1400 Accredited Vocational Institutes across the country.
(d) and (e): No funds have been allocated to NIOS during the last three years, as
NIOS generates its own revenue to sustain its activities. Government evaluates
performance of NIOS from time to time. NIOS undertakes research studies at
intervals. However, no nation-wide study has been conducted.
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