Management and Organisational Structure

The National Open School is an autonomous organisation set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education) under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. It is partly funded by the Government of India.

For efficient management of the National School, the following bodies have been constituted :

1. General Body: The General Body is the apex body of the NIOS. It is vested with the responsibility to assist the Society by providing sound and professional advice and counsel. It generates a vision and gives Broad policy directions to the Society. The General Body helps to ensure that the Society remains publicly accountable and that it exercises its powers and functions in consonance with the mission and objectives of the Society. The Honourable Minister For Human Resource Development is the President of this society.
   
2. Executive Board: In general, the Executive Board has been vested with all the powers to manage the affairs & enable smoothly functioning of the NIOS society. Specially, the Executive Board makes all policies and programmes of actions, takes appropriate decisions, ensures effective implementation and exercises the review functions of the society. The Chairman, NIOS, is the Chairman and the Secretary, NIOS, is the member Secretary of this Board.
• The Chairman is assisted by a Vice Chairman ( most senior HOD by rotation), three Heads of the Departments, namely, Director (Academic), Secretary and Controller of Examinations, who look after the Academic, Administration and Examination Departments respectively.
• The core staff strength of the NIOS is 192. In addition, contract / daily wage staff are employed on the basis if requirement.