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In Open Learning, the face-to-face contact is very limited and the learners are at a distance and the teaching methodology is distance education mode. In such scenario, Open Schooling has to depend heavily on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is much more relevant in case of Open Schooling by its very character. NIOS has made the optimum utility of ICT in almost all of its activities and programmes. Under the programmes and activities of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Information and Communication Technology is being used as a major strategy towards reaching the unreached and management of NIOS. |
Infrastructure
The NIOS has come a long way in the forefront of ICT since it made a small beginning
with only two personal computers in 1989. Over the years all necessary hardware
and software infrastructure were installed for computerization of NIOS activities.
Starting with a small Computer Unit with few numbers of computers, it has reached
to the level of full fledge Computer Division with five units within it namely
EDP Unit, Internet & On-line Application Unit, Software Development and
Implementation Unit, Networking & Maintenance Unit and On-Demand Examination
Unit. Today it is equipped with latest hardware and software. There is Local
Area Network with centralised database system with Windows 2000 professional
as the basic operating system and Pentium - IV based Windows Server. There are
two fast line matrix printers to meet the requirements of heavy printing work
of the EDP unit. Besides Desktop and printers were provided to all the departments
and branches for their smooth and efficient functioning. All the computers in
all the buildings are connected with a high end IBM server and Windows 2000
server Operating System and 100/100 mbps backbone connectivity. This has greatly
enhanced communication and resource sharing among the users.
For Internet there is Internet Leased Line (ILL) of 4Mbps installed from BSNL. With this, the access of the Internet has been made possible round the clock through the Local Area Network. This has greatly augmented the Information and Communication capability of NIOS. It has also helped reaching the learners very promptly. Another landmark was the installation of a compact integrated Learner Support Centre (LSC) on the pattern of call centre operational 8.00am to 10.00 PM all days. It is a Technology-assisted learner support system, which consists of a 5-7 Learner Support Executives backed by recorded information through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS).
Web Servers and Online Applications: There are three web servers hired from
and located at the data centre of C-DAC NOIDA. All online applications and database
are handled from these web servers. 10 Mbps bandwidth access has been provided
to these servers.
All the Regional Centres of NIOS are provided with basic computing facilities
with 4-6 computers and 2-4 printers. The Regional centres are also provided
with ILL of 1 Mbps for Internet access and e-mail facility for transfer of data
and for smooth connectivity with Headquarters at Delhi. The Admission and Examination
data were transferred through e-mail from the Regional Centres to the Headquarter,
which expedite the processing work tremendously.
Online Facility for NIOS learners under NIOS Online <Ni-On>
1. Online Admission
• NIOS was one of the first educational institutions at school level to
use ICT for bringing about a major structural and functional transformation
of its basic operations of Admission, Examination and Accreditation under the
project NIOS Online <Ni-On>.
• The Project (Ni-On) launched on pilot basis in July 2007 - 30,000 admissions.
Upscaledand expanded in July 2008 - 1,63,000 enrolment out of total admission
of 3.70 lakh during the 2nd Phase of expanded online admission.
• Under Ni On, new streams of admission were opened in order to expand
the access to various category of learners.
o Online Admission – Stream 1 - For all learners.
o Online Admission – Stream 2 - For unsuccessful/failures of recognised
boards to appear in Oct- exam to save precious one year.
o Online Admission – Stream 3 - For unsuccessful/failures of recognised
boards to appear through On-Demand Examination System (ODES) at Secondary Level.
o Online Admission – Stream 4 - For unsuccessful/failures of recognised
boards to appear through On-Demand Examination System (ODES) at Sr.Secondary
Level.
• Advantages of the Online Admissions are as follows:
- Independent of time and place – Anywhere anytime - Admission Open 24x7:
enhancing the access to its fullest term;
- Faster and Simpler Admission: Direct access to NIOS Admission;
- Choice of Study Centre: Freedom to select Study Centre of his/her choice;
- Better support services: Direct interaction of learners with NIOS and faster
redressal of all problems;
- Easy Payment: Payment of fee online through credit card else by Bank Draft.
- Dispatch of Icard/study materials directly to the learners
- Hassle free admission procedure at a click of a button
- Learner’s involvement in the process of admission and online monitoring.
- Confirmation of Admission within 10 days of receipt of the application.
NIOS-Online <Ni-On> Project has won the National
Award for e-Governance 2008 in the category of Excellence in Government Process
Re-engineering
2. Online Admission for Vocational Education – offering about 80-85 vocational
courses.
3. Online Submission of Examination Fees.
4. Online Payment Gateway through all credit cards (Master/Visa) of fees for
various services of NIOS (Admission/ Examination/ Duplicate documents/ requisition
for study materials)
5. Online Registration for On-Demand Examination
6. Online status of dispatch of Identity cards/study materials
7. Online availability of NIOS course materials
8. Online availability of NIOS prospectus
9. Online availability of Study Centre Information
10. Online Support through Learner Support Centre with toll free no. 18001809393,
lsc@nos.org
11. On Line Student Information System
– Admission details
– Tutor Mark Assignment
– Online Course Material
– Syllabus & Sample Question Paper
– Performance chart
– Study Centre wise list
12. On Line Counselling through Ask your Teacher
13. Online Accreditation of Schools/Institutions/Agencies for becoming the Accredited Institution of NIOS for Academic, Vocational or Open Basic Education Programme.
Areas of Applications
Over the years, all the major activities of NIOS both Academic and Administrative have been computerized.
Student Database Management: The student’s enrolment has grown remarkably
over the years. Starting with 40 thousands in 1990-91, the current enrolment
during the year 2008-09 has gone up to 370 thousands resulting into a cumulative
enrolment of about 1500 thousands. The EDP unit manages the data effectively
and efficiently database management is done through Relational Database Management
System (RDBMS) Visual FoxPro and SQL Database Server. Various statistical reports
and MIS reports are generated and made available to the NIOS Management.
Student Information System: Starting from registration/admission to the issue
of the certificate, all the processes are automated/computerised. The following
areas are covered under Student Information System:
Admission/Registration
Admission in NIOS is now available round the year through Online mode. There
are different stream of admission to cater to the different requirement of the
learners.
Pre-examination
After the admission processing is over, the pre-examination data preparation
is done. A number of reports are printed such as Requirement of Question paper
statement, List of candidates, Attendance sheets, etc. for the conduct of examinations.
Result Processing and Certification
After the conduct of examinations, the post examinations works begins which
includes Secrecy work, Evaluation work and Processing of result. The mark sheets
and the final certificates of the students are printed with their photograph.
Administration and Accounts
The Accounts unit is fully computerized using the software Tally. The computer
unit has computerized the salary accounts. The individual pay-slips, Bank Statement
and the related reports are taken out. The annual Income Tax and GPF statements
are also computerized.
Training
Imparting training and support in computers to the staff and officials is an
integrated part of the computer unit. The computer Unit has organized a ICT
Training programme in collaboration with Intel for the NIOS officers/officals
in 2009 March.
NIOS on the Web
Internet and Web technology have proved effective in the teaching and learning
process especially in the field of Open and Distance Education. With the help
of Internet, one has access to information around the world at one's fingertips.
The NIOS has its own web site as www.nos.org. and www.nos.org for dissemination
of information about NIOS.
E-mail Id to NIOS officials
Official E-mail Id of NIOS officers have been generated and configured on the NIOS web site. A training-cum-orientation programme for the same was organized to help / facilitate the officers to access Internet & their E-mail.
A separate link “Ask your teacher” has been provided on the web
site to facilitate the student’s support. Students can now directly interact
through the E-mail to the specific subject expert and can easily solve their
problems/ queries related to their subject area.
The NIOS website has been divided into following parts
(i) The Information section
About NIOS, its activities, Admission, Examinations, Administration, Media,
Seminars, workshops and conferences and their reports, and latest happenings.
Online Student Information System for complete information about a learner including
the Admission details, Tutor Mark Assignment, Course Material, Syllabus &
Sample Question Paper, Previous year Question paper, Performance details.
Other National and International institutions of open learning and distance
education and hyperlinks to those institutions.
(ii) Services and Interactivity
Results of NIOS examination with student’s photograph
Hall Tickets/Admit Cards of NIOS students
Student's Admission Status
Interactivity through E-mail
Question papers and marking schemes of NIOS examinations.
Syllabus and sample question papers
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)
(iii) On-line course materials
– All course materials of are available on Internet for reference purpose
and to serve the interests of the students and educationists.
Facility of On-Demand Examination System (ODES) at Secondary and Sr.Secondary Level
On-Demand Examination System
National Institute of Open Schooling has been working on the concept of On-Demand Examination (ODE) at Secondary Level since last one and half year in the area of its feasibility and operationalisation. The novel concept of ODE is a great step in the direction of flexibility to the open and distance learning. This will make the total system of examination independent of the time frame and will help the student to take up the examinations as per their wish and preparation. They can walk into the examination center as and when they feel ready for the examination.
Under the System of ODE, a set of question paper having defined number of items is generated randomly by the computer out of the already developed question bank on the basis of question paper design and the blue print of the subject as and when demanded.
• NIOS has operationalised On-Demand Examination System (ODES) at Secondary
in 2005 and and Sr.Secondary level in 2007.
• It has enabled NIOS students to take up examinations on any day of his
or her choice in the subject s/he is ready for.
• The question paper booklet is of equivalent standard with public examinations
of NIOS and other Boards of School Education.
• Presently, it is conducted at NOIDA for both and Pune Regional Centre
for Secondary level. Supervision through CCTV.
• Round the Year Online Admission for On-Demand Examination
• Results declared during every month for the exams held in the last month.
• It is Learner Centric Examination System available round the year.
 National Institute of Open Schooling Library |
The National Institute of Open Schooling Library- cum-Documentation Unit has a rich collection of print and non-print material which includes 15,308 books, 12,600 loose issues of journals and 690 audio/video cassettes and compact discs, particularly on education, distance education, and the subjects offered by the NIOS at different levels. It also has NIOS publications which includes study material of the NIOS courses, Annual Reports, Newsletters, Conference reports and other NIOS publications. It receives more than 75 National/ International journals on subscription and complimentary basis and 23 magazines 19 Daily and 2 Weekly newspapers on subscription basis. Newsletters of CBSE, COBSE,COL, DELNET, ICDL, IGNOU, NIEPA, NCERT, NCSTC, NLM, ODLAA and UNESCO are also received on complimentary basis. It uses Dewey Decimal Classification 20th Edition Scheme for classification and Anglo-American cataloguing rules for cataloguing. The NIOS
library caters to the needs of academic, non-academic staff and other
educational experts who are engaged in the development of curriculum and
study material for the NIOS learners. |
The NIOS library provides the following services-
Circulation Service: It includes issue/return of books, magazines, journals, audio/video cassettes and cds, registration of new members and issue of ‘No Demand Certificate’.
Inter-Library-Loan:
In this service documents are made available on Inter-Library- Loan
to the users from other libraries through Developing Library Network(DELNET),
in case of non-availability of required document in the NIOS library.
Reference Service: It is provided on demand and in anticipation
. It includes answering of reference quarries and searches for reference
Referral Service: In this service, the user is referred to
other libraries if the required document is not available in the NIOS library
and cannot be made available on Inter-Library-Loan.
Reprographic Service: The NIOS library provides xerox copies of reference material to the library users on demand.
Information Technology: Keeping pace with modern technology in information and computer science, the NIOS library provides facilities of INTERNET and DELNET (Developing Library Network) to the members of the library. DELNET, with more than 1180 institutions as its members, promotes resource sharing among the member libraries. The NIOS library catalogue of books can be accessed by member libraries of DELNET and their users at www.delnet.nic.in through union catalogue.
The NIOS library uses “LIBSYS” software. It is fully integrated library system which supports all activities relating to acquisition, cataloguing, circulation and serials.
Press clippings
and New additions Service: Under this service xerox copies of important
news clippings on education, distance education, NIOS and new addition list
of books and journals are sent to the Chairman and Heads of Departments.
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