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NIOS Public Exam And On-Demand Examination System: There are significant features in the evaluation system of the national institute of open schooling. One of these features is to answer the questions in public examination in any of their preferred regional languages. Although the question paper is available only in the form of English or Hindi/available regional languages only.
The certificates and intimation letters provided have scanned photographs of the learners. The information regarding the exam centers and the NIOS results are made available for everyone on NIOS official website. Recently, NIOS has adopted several new ideas for the evaluation system to maintain it’s standards and credibility. One such new idea is the on-demand examination system at the secondary as well as senior secondary levels for the registered candidates. In this article, you will find details about NIOS public exam and the on-demand examination system.
NIOS Public Exam and On-Demand Examination System
The public exams are held twice in a year as per the dates fixed by NIOS. These exams usually happen in months of April-May and October-November. Candidates can register for public exams online also. For this, the examination fee can be paid through debit card or credit card or net banking or through bank draft. The bank draft should be in favor of “Secretary NIOS” and it should be payable at the concerned regional center within a week after the date of submission of the online application form. Below are the important dates for
| NIOS Events | Dates |
| Registration begins | 1st May 2019 |
| Exam date | 1st June 2019 |
| Result | July 2019 |
NIOS Registration for Public Examination
After the final dates are gone, students still have the opportunity to register by paying the required exam fees along with the consolidated fee of Rs. 1500. This payment should be accepted through debit card or credit card or net banking or through bank draft. Here also bank draft should be drawn in favor of “Secretary NIOS” and payable at the concerned regional center.
Procedure for Registration through AI (Study Centre)/Common Service Centre/Authorised Facilitation Centre
- If a candidate wants to register for a public exam for NIOS held in April – May, and October – November, candidates need to go through the given time schedule.
- Fill up the exam form and deposit it with the coordinator of your study center along with the given exam fee within the prescribed dates in person or through any of the representatives.
- The exam form will be attached with the prospectus, a photocopy of which might be used for the upcoming exam. This can also be obtained from the study center free of cost or you can download it from the NIOS official website.
- It is important that you fill-up the correct codes for the subject that you wish to appear for in the main exam form. Also, you can register for only those subjects that you had selected during the time of admission. Do check the subject codes that you filled in the exam form carefully.
- You will eligible to appear for the on-demand examination system at the secondary level as well as senior secondary level only in those subjects that you have taken admission in NIOS.
- If you already are a registered learner for NIOS at the secondary level or the senior secondary level, then you have the option to appear for the main exam through NIOS.
NIOS Public Exam – Credit Accumulation
The candidate can have as many as nine chances to appear for the public exams which are spread across a period of 5 years from the validity of admission. NIOS will keep on accumulating your credit in the given subjects in its database until the candidate clears all the required subjects for certification. Also, it is necessary for NIOS to revise the syllabus for different courses from time to time. In this case, the decision about NIOS will be on the candidate.
After the results are declared, candidates will receive their results through study centers. Migration and provisional certificates will be issued to the successful candidates only. The pass certificate of the student will be issued in six months after the results are declared.
NIOS Public Exam – On-Demand Examination (ODES)
Candidates can appear in the exam as per their preparation and wish. Also, it is subjected to seats available in the exam center.
Subjects available for appearing through ODES at the Secondary level are
Social Science (213), Economics (214), Hindi (201), English (202), Science & Technology (212), Business Studies (215), Home Science (216), Sanskrit (209), Mathematics (211), Psychology (222), Painting (225), Data Entry Operations (229), Indian Culture and Heritage (223)
Subjects available for appearing through ODES at the Senior Secondary level are::
Sanskrit (309), Mathematics (311), Physics (312), Hindi (301), English (302), Economics (318), Business Studies (319), Chemistry (313), History (315),Geography (316), Biology (314), Political Science (317), Psychology (328), Sociology (331), Environmental Science (333), Mass Communication (335), Accountancy (320),Home Science (321), Painting (332), Data Entry Operations (336), and Introduction to Law (338).
The on-demand exams for secondary as well as higher secondary for the above subjects will be conducted at the NIOS main center or at all the regional centers of NIOS, and Kendriya Vidyalaya across India.
Registration for On-Demand Exam (ODS)
- In order to prevail in the facility of the on-demand exam system, the candidate needs to register him/her as a bonafide learner for NIOS and have a valid enrollment number and valid identity card.
- The registration for on-demand is available through online mode only for existing students. In order to know the ODES process, you need to visit the official NIOS website which www.nios.ac.in. On the main website click on the online ODES registration for existing learners.
- The existing learners of stream 1, blocks 1 and 2 can look for online registration only afyer6the public exams.
- For appearing in the on-demand exam system, the candidate should bring the valid ID proof provided by NIOS other photo identity cards like voter ID card, driving license, Aadhar card, etc.
NIOS Examination Fee for ODE is as Under
For secondary level the fees are Rs. 500 + Rs. 200 per subject that involves practical.
For senior secondary level also the fees are Rs. 500 + Rs. 200 per subject that involves practical.
- The marksheet along with other documents will be prepared only for the candidates that have passed the exam by the department of evaluation, M&M unit, NIOS. These will be sent to the respective regional centers for dispatch to each and every candidate.
- Other candidates that want the marksheet can send their request using an application with an attachment of the bank draft and print out a copy of Rs. 100 in favor of “Secretary NIOS”, payable at Noida to the associate director of the M&M unit.
- It is permissible to look for online admission in a particular subject more than once in a month.
NIOS Certification Criteria
In order to pass the subject and get a certificate at secondary as well as senior secondary level, the criteria given by NIOS are laid down below
For Secondary Course
- Pass Criteria: A minimum of 33% aggregate marks in theory as well as practical in the public exam. Also, the marks obtained in the internal assessment will be given separately in the marksheet.
- Certification Criteria: For certificate, it is important to pass 5 subjects along with passing in at least 1 language.
For Senior Secondary Course
- Pass Criteria: A minimum of 33% aggregate marks in theory as well as separately in practical and theory in the public exam. Also, the marks obtained in the internal assessment will be given separately in the marksheet.
- Certification Criteria: For certificate, it is important to pass 5 subjects along with passing in at least 1 language.
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