Lok Sabha Question No. 2975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: National Institute of Open Schooling
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2975 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## National Institute of Open Schooling

## 2975.  SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) wheather  the  Government  is  aware  about  the  new  affiliation  pending  with  National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in India;
- (b) the details of the new application received during the last three years;
- (c) the  details  of  the  affiliation  completed  the  new  application  during  the  last  three  years; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  new  affiliation  application  pending  with  NIOS  Gujarat  and  their completion?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a):         NIOS  does  not  affiliate  schools  but  give  accreditation  to  formal  schools/  recognised institutions  as  Accredited  Institute  (AI)  for  academic  courses,  Accredited  Vocational  Institute (AVI) for Vocational Courses and Accredited Agencies (AAs) for Open Basic Education.
- (b) and (c) :     The details of new applications received from the NIOS Regional Centres across the country and accreditation completed during the last three years are as per Annexure -I'.
- (d):       During the  year 2021-22 total 57 applications were received in NIOS Regional Centre Gandhinagar (Gujarat).  These are under scrutiny. Two applications are rejected for non fulfilling NIOS norms.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  PARTS  (B  &  C)  OF LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2975  FOR  ANSWER  ON 21.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD REGARDING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING.

## The details of new applications received from the NIOS Regional Centres across the country and accreditation completed during the last three years in NIOS

| Year->        | 2018-2019                       | 2018-2019                     | 2019-2020                       | 2019-2020                     | 2020-2021                       | 2020-2021                     |
|---------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Region        | Number of applications received | Number of Accreditation Given | Number of applications received | Number of Accreditation Given | Number of applications received | Number of Accreditation Given |
| Allahabad     | 69                              | 60                            | 34                              | 34                            | 27                              | 5                             |
| Dharmashala   | 11                              | 10                            | 3                               | 0                             | 2                               | 0                             |
| Bengaluru     | 47                              | 44                            | 36                              | 23                            | 34                              | 20                            |
| Chennai       | 285                             | 285                           | 175                             | 167                           | 119                             | 194                           |
| Delhi         | 32                              | 30                            | 24                              | 18                            | 18                              | 3                             |
| Gandhi Nagar  | 26                              | 7                             | 41                              | 25                            | 72                              | 3                             |
| Hyderabad     | 19                              | 12                            | 16                              | 8                             | 8                               | 6                             |
| Jaipur        | 26                              | 15                            | 22                              | 13                            | 39                              | 12                            |
| Jammu         | 0                               | 0                             | 18                              | 1                             | 0                               | -                             |
| Guwahati      | 38                              | 24                            | 10                              | 6                             | 4                               | 3                             |
| Kochi         | 34                              | 26                            | 45                              | 33                            | 11                              | 10                            |
| Kolkata       | 10                              | 1                             | 17                              | 4                             | 18                              | 6                             |
| Pune          | 32                              | 14                            | 24                              | 6                             | 10                              | 1                             |
| Ranchi        | 20                              | 19                            | 9                               | 9                             | 2                               | 2                             |
| Raipur        | 7                               | 6                             | 5                               | 4                             | 5                               | 5                             |
| Visakhapatnam | 4                               | 3                             | 6                               | 5                             | 1                               | 1                             |
| Dehradun      | 37                              | 21                            | 27                              | 14                            | 13                              | 8                             |
| Patna         | 2                               | 0                             | 7                               | 0                             | 2                               | 0                             |
| Bhubaneswar   | 11                              | 8                             | 29                              | 9                             | 14                              | 3                             |
| Total         | 710                             | 585                           | 548                             | 379                           | 399                             | 282                           |