NIOS/Important Information - On Line Admission (2011-12)/August 2011

Important Information - On Line Admission (2011-12)

Information about	Stream 1	Stream 2, 3 & 4
Study Material	Study material will be sent to you at your address or you can collect from your alloted AI.	Either download from the website or send the requisition to NIOS
Personal Contact Programme (PCP)	PCP will be conducted at your allotted AI	No PCP
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)	Available in your study material or download from website	No TMA
Practicals	Practicals will be conducted at your allotted AI	No Practicals
Practical Exam	At the same Exam Centre where theory will be conducted	At the same Exam Centre where theory will be conducted - For Stream 2 At the Identified Study Centre to be notified during theory paper - For Stream 3 & 4
1st Examination	Forth comming April Examination for 1st Block	Forth comming October Examination - For Stream 2
		Round the Year - For Stream 3 & 4
Documents Required to be sent along with the Printout of the Online Admission Form	Certificate of Date of Birth, Certificate for SC/ST (in case of SC/ST), Photocopy of Marksheet of Class X Board Examination (in case of Sr. Sec.), Certificate from the Employer for Ex-Servicemen, Certificate from a Government Hospital for a handicapped person Original failure/compartment Marksheet of class X or XII for TOC Transfer Certificate from the last school attended or Self Certificate regarding educational qualifications (in case of Secondary)	Certificate of Date of Birth, Certificate for SC/ST (in case of SC/ST), Photocopy of Marksheet of Class X Board Examination (in case of Sr. Sec.), - not applicable for Stream 3 Certificate from the Employer for Ex-Servicemen, Certificate from a Government Hospital for a handicapped person Original failure/compartment Marksheet of class X or XII for admission and TOC Transfer Certificate from the last school attended or Self Certificate regarding educational qualifications (in case of Secondary)

Note : For Stream 2 the learner can take :

any subject offered by NIOS in place of Physical Education or the subjects which are not listed in the NIOS

Data Entry Operations in place of Informatics Practice

Procedure for On-line Admission

Entry Requirement

Medium of Study

Re-Admission

Transfer of Credit (TOC)

Dual Enrolment

Fee Structure

Supporting Document

How to pay the Fee

Cancellation of Admission

Confirmation of Admission

Other Facilities after Admission

Instructional Process at NIOS

Subjects offered at Secondary & Sr. Secondary Courses

About your AI/Study Centre

Evaluation System

Procedure

Log onto NIOS web site www.nios.ac.in or www.nos.org

• Click the Online Admission.
• A main page appears with information on four streams of online admission – its eligibility and details regarding last date etc. 
• Pl. click the instruction and then Information before moving ahead. The instruction and Information page will give you all information regarding online admission – eligibility, Fee structure, documents required etc. 
• After that you come back to main page and then you can click one of the streams depending upon your requirement and move ahead as mentioned in the above table.
• Then appears the Login page of online admission.
• In order to take online admission, the student is required to register with NIOS web site, for this the student should have a valid and functional e-mail id and a password for NIOS online admission.
• If you are coming first time then you will have to create a password for the system for which you click the button “click here to register”
• Clicking this will appear the register page where you enter your existing, valid and functional email-id. Then you enter a password which can be anything except the special character. Choose such password which you can remember as you will be using the same for monitoring the status of your application. This password is not the password of your e-mail id. Then you enter the password once again to reconfirm.
• After that you again come to the login page where now you will enter the same e-mail id and password which you enter in the register page.
• After due validation of your email id and password, the blank application form appears before the student.
• Now you start filling the form. The first is the upload your photograph. For this you have to have a .jpg file for your passport size photograph ready with you. Secondly as per the fee structure you should also be ready with the bank draft in favour of Secretary, NIOS payable at respective Regional Centre FOR Stream 1 (Except For Foreign students and students belonging to 56 & 99 APO) and payable at NOIDA/DELHI for Stream 2,3 & 4 of requisite amount as per the fee structure given in the information page. However, the payment can be made through any credit card (Master/Visa) or Debit Card (only VISA of Selected Bank)After uploading the photo you find that the photo will appear on the online application form. This is optional if you are unable to upload the photo leave it and fill up the complete form. Just paste the Photograph on the Print out of the filled in application form. Most of the required information is taken from the list box and you have to just select one of them. On the print out of the Form just paste your photograph and send it.
• Selection of the 5 A.I.(Study Centre) from a drop down menu as option from the State and District in the address column. Make sure that you fill the correct address as per the address proof submitted by you.
• After completion of the form, you click “next” button, this will bring the pre-view of your filled up form where you can check whether all entries are correct or not. If you find any thing to be corrected then click the “Edit” button appearing at the end of your application.
• This will enable you to make changes in your application and then you click “Next” button again.
• Again your application will appear in the pre-view mode and then seeing all entries correct click the “Payment Page”
• Then the payment page appears on the screen where you need to fill up the bank draft details or credit card details and then click the “Payment through bank draft” or "Credit card"
• In response to the submission an Acknowledgement Receipt appears on the screen indicating your unique Reference Number, your personal details, fees details,etc. This receipt is also sent to your email id for which you can check your email.
• Then you click the “Print the Application” button and take 2 print outs of the filled in application form and send it to the below address either by hand or by post/courier along with the bank draft (Mention your Reference No. and Name at the back of the Bank Draft) and required documents. You can take one more print out for your record and reference.

Stream of Admission	Address for Dispatch of Filled-in printout of the admission application form + Supporting Documents + Requisite Fees.
Sream-1	Online Admission Cell of Respective Regional Centre. Requisite Fees in the Form of DD in Favour of Secretary NIOS payable at Concerned Regional Centre for Stream 1
Stream-1 (For Foreign students and students belonging to 56 & 99 APO)	Online Admission Cell A 24/25, Institutional Area Sector-62, NOIDA – 201309 Uttar Pradesh Requisite Fees in the Form of DD in Favour of Secretary NIOS payable at at NOIDA/DELHI
Stream-2, Stream-3 and Stream-4	Online Admission Cell A 24/25, Institutional Area Sector-62, NOIDA – 201309 Uttar Pradesh Requisite Fees in the Form of DD in Favour of Secretary NIOS payable at NOIDA/DELHI

• Once we receive your application and after due verification of the documents and confirmation of the fees, the status of the application will be updated on the Internet. Appropriate communication/email will be sent out to the Students when a status change occurs.
• You can see the status of your application by login with the same e-mail id and password. You can also view your application by clicking “Print Application”
• After the Verification process is completed, the Enrolment No. of the student is generated and the Identity card is printed for dispatch to the individual student.. These updations are done on the Internet and also sent to the individual student through e-mail.
• For any query regarding online admission send your e-mail to lsc@nios.ac.in

Entry Requirement

15 years as on 31st July, 2009 (Born on or before 31.07.1994)

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Requirement	Secondary Course	Senior Secondary Course
Ist Block	14 years as on 31st July, 2011 (Born on or before 31.07.1997)	15 years as on 31st July 2011 (born on or before 31/07/1996)
IInd Block	14 years as on 31st January 2012 (born on or before 31/01/1998)	15 years as on 31st January 2012 (born on or before 31/01/1997)
Supporting Documents	(i) Attested copy of Birth Certificate issued by the Municipal Authority or District Office of the Registrar of Birth and Deaths for all born on or after 26.01.1989. OR (ii) Transfer Certificate/School Leaving Certificate showing applicant's date of birth, issued by the last school attended by the applicant. In case of Govt. schools the transfer certificate/school leaving certificate should be signed by the Principal while in the case of Private schools it should also be countersigned by the competent education authority of State/or District Education Officer	Attested copy of the Certificate of Matriculation/Secondary Examination having a record of the Date of Birth. (No other proof of age will be accepted for Sr. Secondary admission).

Note: (i) In case of Orphan/Juvenile/Street Children, the Medical Legal Certificate may be provided as proof of Date of Birth.
(ii) Date of birth once given in the Admission Form will not be changed. Please check and state the correct date of birth.

Note: (i) Admission Forms received without supporting documents will be rejected and fee will not be refunded.
(ii) If the Secondary level examination is not passed from a recognised Board, admission at Sr. Secondary level will not be considered. List of recognised Boards is given at Appendix 'C'.
(iii) If you possess a High School/Secondary Certificate from any Foreign Board/University and want to take admission to Senior Secondary course of NIOS, you will be required to attach a certificate from the concerned Embassy to the effect that the examination passed by you is equivalent to the Indian High School/ Secondary Examination.
(iv) Address Proof not mandatory for admission but only a maximum of three (03) admissions will be allowed on a given address.

Requirement	Secondary Course	Senior Secondary Course
Minimum Educational Qualification	Certificate of Class VIII passed, or Self Certificate (as mentioned atThe back of Admission Form) attested by a Gazetted Officer	Copy of the Certificate of the Secondary Examination passed from a recognized Board of Secondary Education duly attested by a Gazetted Officer

Re-Admission

The students of NIOS at Secondary/Senior Secondary level who have completed their validity period of five years of admission, but could not complete the Course, are eligible to take Re-admission with NIOS. The credit of subjects passed (maximum of four subjects) in the previous admission will be transferred to the fresh admission, if these subjects are passed during the last ten years (i.e., if passed during 2000 or later).

Re-admission is not allowed to the students of NIOS whose admission is still valid.

Code No.	Name of the Board
9901	National Institute of Open Schooling (National Open School)

Transfer of Credit (TOC)

Ex-Secondary/Senior Secondary students of the following Boards of School Education who have passed in at least one subject, but have not qualified in the course, may seek admission in the respective course at NIOS and avail facility of TOC.

Code Name of the Board
9902 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi
9903 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), Delhi
2101 UP Board of Secondary Education, Allahabad, U.P.
3401 Uttarakhand Board of Examination, Nainital, Uttarakhand
1701 Madhyamik Shiksha Board, Ajmer, Rajasthan
1702 Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2601 Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi, Jharkhand
0201 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Guwahati, Assam
0301 Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna, Bihar
0302 Bihar School Examination Board, Patna, Bihar
2001 Tripura Board of Secondary Education, Agartala, Tripura West
2201 W.B. Board of Secondary Education, Kolkata, West Bengal
0103 Andhra Pradesh Open School Society, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
0502 Haryana Open School, Bhiwani, Haryana
0702 J&K State Open School, Srinagar
0803 Karnataka Open School, Mysore, Karnataka
0903 Kerala State Open School, Thiruvananthapuram
1001 Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1002 M.P. State Open School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1601 Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, Punjab
2203 West Bengal Council for Ravindra Open Schooling
1301 Meghalaya Board of School Education, Meghalaya
0401 Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

2203 West Bengal Council for Ravindra Open Schooling
2202 West Bengal council of Higher Sec. Education. 

The facility of TOC will be permissible under the following conditions:
(i) You will have the option to get the credit transferred to a maximum of two subjects, provided these subjects are passed with 33% in the last five years (i.e., passed during 2006 or later).
(ii) The credits will be given only in those subjects which are included in NIOS scheme of studies and the scheme of examination. TOC in the subjects having practicals at Senior Secondary level will be allowed only when you are pass in theory and practical separately.
(iii) You will have to give full details of the TOC subjects and marks obtained on the Admission Form.
(iv)You will have to attach the original mark sheet issued by the respective Board. Laminated marksheet
will not be accepted.
(v) You will have to pay requisite fee of an amount of Rs. 75/- per subject for transfer of credit for the
number of subjects in which TOC is required.

Dual Enrolment

Under this provision, if you are studying in a regular school, or have already passed Secondary/Senior Secondary examination or any other higher course from any recognised Board/University, you may opt for upto four subjects of your choice, to update knowledge and educational qualifications.However, on passing, only the Marksheet will be issued. No other certificate will be issued in this case.

Fee Structure

Fee Structure (Without Late Fee) for Stream 1 of Online Admission

General Category (Fee include PCP*, Registration Fee and cost of material) Exempted from PCP* fee	Male	Female	SC/ST, Ex-Service Men/Handicapped	TOC Fee
	Without Late Fee	Without Late Fee	Without Late Fee
Secondary Course (i) for 5 subjects	Rs.1000	Rs.750	Rs.550	Rs. 75/- per subject
(ii) for an additional Subject	Rs.150	Rs.150	Rs.150
Senior Secondary Course (i) for 5 subjects	Rs. 1150	Rs.900	Rs.625	Rs. 75/- per subject
(ii) for an additional Subject	Rs.180	Rs.180	Rs.180

In addition to above fees Rs. 30 will be added as Cost of the Online application form.

Fee Structure for Online Learners (Stream 2,3 and 4)

Course level	Registration Fee	Exam Fee	TOC Fee
Secondary/Sr.Secondary (under Stream 2)Online admission	Rs.250	Rs. 150/- per subject for Theory, Additional Rs. 70/-for Practical per subject	Rs. 75/- per subject
Secondary (under Stream 3) Online admission	Rs.250	Rs. 200/- per subject for Theory, Additional Rs. 50/-for Practical per subject	Rs. 75/- per subject
Sr. Secondary (under Stream 4) Online admission	Rs.250	Rs. 200/- per subject for Theory, Additional Rs. 50/-for Practical per subject	Rs. 75/- per subject

In addition to above fees Rs. 30 will be added as Cost of the Online application form.

Supporting Documents required from the Exempted Categories

Category	Supporting Documents required
(i) SC/ST candidates	Copy of certificate issued by the Deputy Commissioner,Magistrate or Commissioner SC/ST duly attested by a Gazetted Officer.
(ii) Ex-servicemen	A certificate from the Employer.
(iii) Differently-abled persons	A certificate from a Govt. Hospital, and not from a private nursing home, clearly indicating nature and extent of disability.

How to Pay the Fee - Fees for On-line Admission :

There will be two options for the payment of fees:

(a) The fee can be deposited On-line through Credit Card (Master or VISA) or Debit Card(VISA Only of selected bank), or 
(b) Through Bank Draft of of any Nationalised Bank of India only in favour of Secretary, NIOS payable at respective Regional Centre for Stream1 (except For Foreign students and students belonging to 56 & 99 APO) and payable at NOIDA/DELHI for Stream 2,3 & 4 within 5 days of registration Online. 

NIOS will not be responsible if the request for admission is not considered on account of short payment deposited with the AI or if no seat is available with the AI.

Cancellation of Admission

Your admission will be cancelled

• if the admission form is incomplete,
• if the fee paid is short,
• if the supporting documents are not complete,
• if false documents have been submitted,
• if required educational qualifications are not fulfilled,
• if the minimum age criteria is not fulfilled,
• if incorrect or wrong information is given,
• if the secondary examination is not passed from a recognised board.
• if more than 03 (three) admission forms are received from the same address.
  Note: Admission once cancelled will not be re-considered and fee paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Confirmation of Admission

Admission to a particular course is normally confirmed by NIOS by issuing an Identity Card having your admission particulars as per the record available in NIOS. If any discrepancy is noticed at any stage of admission even if the Identity Card is issued, the admission will be cancelled and result will not be declared even if appeared in examination.
Do check the particulars given in the Identity Card. Discrepancies, if any, may be brought to the notice of the AI immediately. The Identity Card will be issued only once. You should retain your Identity Card carefully till you complete your study in NIOS.

Other Facilities after Admission

(a) Issue of Duplicate Identity Card

In case of loss of Identity Card, a duplicate Identity Card can be issued. For obtaining Duplicate Identity Card, first lodge an FIR with the concerned Police Station. Then apply on a plain paper to the concerned Regional Centre of NIOS as listed in Appendix-'D' along with (i) the copy of FIR, (ii) Bank Draft of Rs. 50/- drawn in favour of the “Secretary, NIOS”, payable at the concerned Regional Centre, and (iii) two photographs out of which one photograph and your specimen signatures should be duly attested by the Coordinator of AI.

(b) Change of Subject/Additional Subject

During the admission period of five years, you can change one or more subject(s), provided the total number of subjects does not exceed seven. However, such a change is permissible within four years of your registration, so that you can appear in Public Examinations within the validity period of admission. No change/addition of subjects will be allowed for the first examination i.e., April-May examination for the 1st Block and Oct-Nov Examination for II Block. Subject(s) passed cannot be changed.

For change of subject/additional subject, you are required to submit your application on plain paper to the concerned Regional Centre of the NIOS through your AI along with the prescribed fee as given below for all categories of learners:
For Secondary Course Rs. 90/- per subject
For Senior Secondary Course Rs. 120/- per subject
The fee should be paid through a Bank Draft drawn in favour of “Secretary, NIOS” payable at the concerned Regional Centre. No application in this regard will be accepted in the NIOS Headquarters at Delhi.
The concerned Regional Centre of NIOS will confirm such change or addition of subjects at your mailing address under intimation to your AI. Do keep in contact with your AI and ensure that the desired changes have been made.

Instructional Process at NIOS

For Admission through stream 1 of Online Admission

Self Instructional Material
The specially designed printed self instructional material for different subjects alongwith other support materials will be provided to you through your alloted AI. 
You must collect the study materials from your alloted AI in all the subjects in which you have registered and in the medium of instruction, you have opted for.

Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs)
Personal Contact Programmes will be conducted by your alloted AI, in which face to-face contact classes will be organised generally on weekends and holidays. About 30 such contact classes per subject for theory and five additional classes for subjects having practical will be organised in the first year of your admission.
First PCP of 1st Block will start on 1st Sunday of October and 1st Sunday of April for II Block at your AI and thereafter on every Saturday and Sunday as per NIOS guidelines.
These contact classes are not meant for covering the curriculum. DO NOT EXPECT Full Time CLASSROOM TEACHING as in formal education system. The teachers are there to help and guide you with regard to your difficulties. It would be in your interest to attend all the contact sessions. Attendance in five practical sessions is compulsory.

Audio and Video Programmes
NIOS has produced several audio and video programmes of academic, vocational and general nature to supplement your learning.
NIOS video programmes are being telecast nation-wide : 
(i) On Doordarshan (DD-I) every Friday from 05.02 a.m. to 05.25 a.m., 
(ii) On the Educational Channel ‘Gyan Darshan’ everyday from 6.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
NIOS audio programmes are broadcast on FM channel - Gyan Vani 105.6 MHz every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8.30 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. and repeat broadcast from 4.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Tutor Marked Assignments
In order to check your progress during the course of study, you should seriously attempt Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) in each subject. Collect the TMA booklets from your AI or download from the NIOS website. 
You are advised to submit your assignments regularly in each subject for evaluation at your AI as per following schedule:

There are three assignments in each subject. The subject teachers in the AI will correct these assignments and provide you feedback and suggestions for improvement.
The Awards of the TMAs at Secondary/Senior Secondary Courses will be in grades, which will not be considered for overall weightage in the Public Examination. Learners will not be allowed to appear in Public Examination and/or their Result may be declared as "INCOMPLETE" unless they have submitted atleast 1 TMA in each subject. But the average grade of the best two TMAs in each subject will be mentioned in your marksheet. Grades of the TMAs once obtained cannot be improved. TMAs should be submitted before appearing in the examination of the particular subject.

For Online Admissions under Stream 2 ,3 and 4
Streams 2,3 and 4 of online admission have been specifically designed for the learners who want to appear in NIOS examinations at the earliest available opportunity. Therefore, due to shortage of time, NIOS will not be able to provide the following to the learners seeking admission under Stream 2 and 3:
· Study Material,
· Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs) and
· Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) 
· Accordingly, NIOS is not charging any money for study material, for conducting PCP and TMA for these two streams of learners for the entire period of enrolment of five years. However, the learners can access the study material by downloading it from the NIOS website ( www.nos.org or www.nios.ac.in ) or on payment basis (as per Table-6A) from the Regional Centres/NIOS Headquarters. 
· Since these learners have chosen to appear in NIOS examinations at a short notice, they are required to pay examination fee compulsorily at the time of admission and will have to fill up the examination form/information at the time of seeking On-line Admission.
· The learner, at the time of admission, has to mention all subjects chosen by him/her for appearing in Examinations in the Admission Form including TOC, if needed.

All other facilities like 9 chances to appear in examinations, change of subjects etc., will be provided to the learners of Stream 2 and 3, as available for learners seeking admission through AIs and Stream 1 of On-line Admission.
· For change of subject, NIOS rules mentioned in Chapter 2 of the Prospectus will be 
applicable.
· Students taking admission through Stream 2, 3 & 4 can not change the Stream of Admission for the remaining period.

Supporting Documents required from the Exempted Categories

Category	Supporting Documents required
SC/ST candidates	Copy of certificate issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Magistrate or Commissioner SC/ST and attested by a Gazetted Officer.
Ex-servicemen	A certificate from the employer.
Differently-abled persons	A certificate from a Govt. Hospital, and not from a private nursing home, clearly indicating nature and extent of disability.

About your AI/Study Centre

The Accredited Institute (i.e., the Study Centre) chosen by you at the time of admission will provide the following services free of cost to you :
– Issuing Prospectus at the prescribed cost.
– Accepting the exam. form and exam. fees.
– Holding 30 Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs) out of which 15 are to be provided on compulsory basis by AI and practical classes as prescribed by NIOS.
– Counselling to solve your problems/queries related to the course.
– Accept application for change of subject(s) or additional subject(s) and forward the same to the Regional Centre of NIOS.
– Informing the dates of payment of fees, examination date sheet, examination centre and other important information.
– Display of results of Public Examinations and distribution of Marksheet/Certificate, issued by NIOS.

Scheme of Studies for Academic Courses

The Scheme of Studies for Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses is shown in the following Table. For obtaining a pass certificate, you are required to pass in a minimum of five subjects including one or maximum of two languages from Group ‘A’ and other three or four subjects from Group ‘B’. However, you are free to take upto two additional subjects.Thus, in all you can choose a maximum of seven subjects.

Secondary Course	Senior Secondary Course
Code Subject Group 'A' (201) Hindi (202) English (206) Urdu (209) Sanskrit Examination of the following subjects 203,204,205,207,208,210,228,231,232,233,235,236,237 will be held on same day (203) Bengali (204) Marathi (205) Telugu (207) Gujarati (208) Kannada (210) Punjabi (228) Assamese (231) Nepali (232) Malayalam (233) Oriya ( 235 ) Arabic ( 236 ) Persian ( 237 ) Tamil Group 'B' (211) Mathematics (212) Science and Technology* (213) Social Science (214) Economics (215) Business Studies (216) Home Science* (222) Psychology (223) Indian Culture & Heritage (225) Painting* (229) Data Entry Operations* Five subjects with either one or two languages from Group A and the remaining subjects from Group B. Two additional subject can be taken from either of the two groups.	Code Subject Group 'A' (301) Hindi (302) English (303) Bengali (306) Urdu (309) Sanskrit Group 'B' (311) Mathematics (312) Physics* (313) Chemistry* (314) Biology* (315) History (316) Geography* (317) Politcal Science (318) Economics (319) Business Studies (320) Accountancy (321) Home Science* (328) Psychology (330) Computer Science* (331) Sociology (332) Painting* (335) Mass Communication* (336) Data Entry Operations* (333) Environmental Science* Five subjects with either one or two languages from Group A and the remaining subjects from Group B. Two additional subject can be taken from either of the two groups.
Note : Subjects with asterisk *have theory as well as practical work.

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