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The National Institute of Open Schooling has certain features in its evaluation system such as freedom to answer the questions in Public Examinations in any one of the scheduled regional languages, although the Question Papers supplied would generally be in English and Hindi/ available Regional mediums only. Intimation letter and Certificate have scanned photographs of the learners; and the information about Examination Centres and results are made available online. Besides, NIOS has been doing innovations in the evaluation system to maintain its credibility and standards. The On Demand Examination System at Secondary and Senior Secondary level for the registered canditates is one such innovation.
The NIOS is a National Board for Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations
similar to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council
for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).
The Public Examinations
are held twice a year in the months of April-May and October-November on dates
fixed by the NIOS. However, you are also eligible to appear through On Demand
Examination at Secondary Level and Senior Secondary level in those subjects
only in which you have admission in NIOS. (a) Registration for Public Examination
for admission through AIs as well as Online admission under Stream 1 To appear
for the NIOS examination, you must register yourself by filling up the Examination
Form and paying requisite examination fee as per schedule given. (i) For April-May
Examination : 16th December to 31st December
(ii) For October-November Examination : 16th June to 30th June
Important To Note
Learners admitted to Senior Secondary Course must ensure that for the purpose of obtaining a certificate at the Senior Secondary level, a two-year gap is essential from the year of passing the Secondary examination. If you do not have the requisite gap of two years, you can appear in a maximum of four subjects only in the forthcoming April-May examination and subsequent October-November Examination. You will be eligible to appear in the remaining subjects only on completion of the two years gap. In the absence of the two years gap, your examination fee will be adjusted for the first four opted subjects and the remaining fee, if paid for other subjects, will be forfeited.
You can avail as many as nine chances to appear in the public examinations spread over a period of five years. NIOS holds external examinations twice a year.NIOS will keep and accumulate your passes (Credit) in particular subjects in its computer till you clear all the required subjects for a certification. Avail this flexible scheme of examination to learn well and to get better results.
It may, however, become necessary for the NIOS to revise the syllabus of different courses from time to time.
If a Senior Secondary candidate passes in Practicals but fails in the Theory of a subject, his/her Practical awards are retained and he/she can appear in Theory examinations. However, if he/she re-appears in practicals again, then better of the two results will be taken into account.
Likewise the part credit of passing in the Theory but failing in Practicals is retained. But the examination fee of both Theory and Practicals has to be paid even if the candidates does not intend to appear in Theory or Practicals.
For Secondary examinations, theory and practicals are considered as one unit and a candidate has to pass in aggregate of the two. Hence, a candidate reappearing in a subject is required to appear in both theory and practicals.
For the purpose of obtaining a certificate at the Senior Secondary level, a two-year gap is essential from the year of passing the Secondary examination. If you don not have the requisite gap of two years, you can appear in a maximum of four subjects only in the forth coming March-May and subsequent September-November Examinations. You will be eligible to appear in the remaining subjects only on completion of the two years gap. If a candidate with less than two years gap applies for examination in more than four subjects, then the registration for examination will be done only for the first four subjects. The remaining subjects will not be considered and the fee will be forfeited.
NIOS allows you to apply again in a subject, which you have already passed, for improvement of performance but only once.
You have to apply for improvement in the same manner as for appearing at the first chance examination and pay the required fee. This chance can be availed only once within the five years of admission.
For subjects involving Practicals you have to appear in both Theory and practicals for improvement in the performance.
Better of the two results would be considered and indicated in the marksheet.
You shall receive a Mark-Sheet on declaration of result through your AI. Provisional and Migration Certificate will be issued to successful candidates. The passing certificate will be issued about six months after declaration of Results.
NIOS does not issue any Bonafide/Transfer/School Leaving/ Character/Date of Birth Certificate separately to its learners.
In case of your passing in additional subjects(s) or improvement of performance in one or more than one subject, no fresh certificate will be issued; you shall be issued only a Marksheet.
No migration Certificate will be issued to the learners unless they complete their course
The stress in NIOS is to bring out the best in you. Every subject is not equally difficult for you. You can learn some subjects very well, may be in six months, whereas some requires more than a year. Keeping this in mind, NIOS allows you to appear in or two subjects, so to build confidence in you of doing well in the examination. You can take some more subjects in the next examination, but do well in each. As soon as you complete the required number of subjects, you get your certificate.
Pass and Certification Criteria
| Course |
Pass Criteria |
Certification Criteria |
| Secondary Course |
A minimum of 33% marks in the aggregate (Theory plus Practicals where applicable) in the public examination. |
Pass in 5 subjects including at least one but not more than two languages |
| Senior Secondary Course |
A minimum of 33% marks (separately in theory and Practicals in subjects having both and also in aggregate) in the public examination. |
Pass in 5 subjects including at least one but not more than two languages |
Penalities for resorting to Mass Copying in examinations in NIOS :-
Following penalities are levied against the examination centres booked under Mass copying :-
a) Disaccreditation of A.I
b) In the case of institution other than A.Is, examination centre is cancelled
for ever
c) Intimation to the respective Boards for disaffilliation of the institution
for resorting to unethical practices.
d) Lodging of FIR with police where it is established that money exchanged
hands and there is involvement of the Centre Superintendent and Invigilators
in this racket.
e) Publicity in the press against the Institution involved in unethical practices
during the examination indicating action taken against those institution/s.
The examination fee is payable by all. It is same for both Secondary and Senior Secondary courses as shown in the Table below
| EXAMINATION FEES |
|
| Examination fees both for Secondary and Sr. Secondary |
Rs. 150/- per subject |
| Additional fees for practicals in subjects having both theory and practicals |
Rs. 70/- per subject |
| Late fee for examination |
Rs. 50/- per subject |
| Consolidate late fee to be received
at Regional Centres only
(5th January-20th January) (5th July-20th July) |
Rs. 800/- consolidated |
| Processing fees for Re-evaluation of answer sheet for Sr. Secondary Public Examination | Rs. 500/- per subject |
| Processing fees for Re-evaluation of answer sheet for Sr. Secondary of On Demand Examination | Rs. 700/- per subject |
| Verification of NIOS documents
(for private companies and individual learners) |
Rs. 300/- per candidate |
Note: The fees paid for examination cannot be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances.
| Duplicate copy of the Certificate |
Rs. 100.00 |
| Duplicate Statement of Provisional and Migration Certificate |
Rs. 100.00 |
| Duplicate Identity Card |
Rs. 100.00 |
| Amaneusis (writer ) (per session) |
Rs. 100.00 |
| Duplicate statement of Mark |
Rs. 100.00 |