The Board offers numerous programmes:-(Broadly categorized into 5 groups mentioned below).:–
A. Open Basic Education (OBE)
It gives fundamental instruction to the students and is equal to some other ordinary associated formal schools. It is broadly divided into 2 main Categories and then further divided into a three-level program. :-
- Age less than fourteen 14 Years.
- Age more than fourteen 14 Years.
- (I) OBE ‘A’ Level Course (equal to Class III).
- (ii) OBE ‘B’ Level Course (equal to Class V).
- (iii) OBE ‘C’ Level Course (equal to Class VIII).
B. Scholastic Courses
Levels:-
(I) Secondary Course (equal to Class X)
Secondary course of NIOS is equivalent to 10th Class of CBSE (or any other board ), it syllabus includes the chapters of class 10, 9 and some important chapters of 8th class also which are being taught in Regular Schools.
(ii) Senior Secondary Course (equal to Class XII
Senior Secondary course of NIOS is equivalent to 12th Class of CBSE (or any other board ), it syllabus includes all chapters of class 11th & 12th also which are being taught in Regular Schools in various streams like -Arts, Commerce, Science & vocational.
C. Professional Education Courses
The professional courses offered by NIOS show understudies target aptitudes in different fields, for example, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Business, Accounts and Commerce, IT and Technology, Engineering and Architecture, Health and Paramedical Science, Home Science, Hospitality Management, Teacher Training, among others.
D. Life Enrichment Programs
Ladies strengthening (Paripurana Mahila), Yoga and reflection and Indian music, and so forth are a portion of the life-improvement programs offered by NIOS.
E. NIOS D.El.Ed course
NIOS D.El.Ed is a course which is specially designed for inservice untrained teachers who are working in different schools in our country.