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Open School launches online admissions

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“It will lead to a rapid increase in the number of learners”

An “additional advantage” along with the conventional mode of admission to NIOS
‘The online admission facility is very learner-centric’

NEW DELHI: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has launched its online admission facility -- Ni-On -- enabling direct interaction with its learners to ensure better support services for them.

“This unique facility available for the first time in any open learning system in India will facilitate the learners in directly accessing NIOS. It will also help us in reaching people in remote areas and those from marginalised social groups and communities. It will definitely lead to a rapid increase in the number of learners getting enrolled with us,” said NIOS Chairman M.C. Pant at a press conference on Wednesday.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh launched the new facility.

An “additional advantage” along with the conventional mode of admission to NIOS, the online facility will help in obtaining “quality” data about students -- an area where there have been some complaints in the past.

“Unlike the traditional mode of admission where we operate through different academic and vocational study centres, with the new system NIOS will establish a direct linkage with the learners and provide them a bouquet of choices for entering and leaving the Open Learning System according to their requirements. The online admission facility is very learner-centric. We will get error-free student records and other problems that some learners tend to face with the conventional mode, like travelling long distances and harassment, will be taken care of,” said NIOS secretary D.S. Bist.

Under the Ni-On project, NIOS has developed three streams of online admissions for meeting the needs of different groups of its potential learners. Explaining the concept, Mr. Pant said: “Under stream one, all the learners can access NIOS online through our website for seeking admission. The choice of study centres will be purely that of the learners. The second stream has been designed to save a year of all those who have been unsuccessful in different recognised education Boards in the previous academic session. These students can seek online admission and appear in the October-November examination this year whose results will be declared by December 2007 itself to ensure that their precious year is not wasted.”

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