Noida : The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will provide free education till Class 12 to Jain monks and nuns who migrate from one place to another for religious work, reports Ayantika Pal.
The Noida headquartered institute has also announced plans to start new study centres in several states, including Delhi-NCR, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal and UP.
NIOS is “Open School” to cater to the needs of a heterogeneous group of learners up to pre-degree level.
NIOS operates through a network of five Departments, 23 Regional Centres, two Sub Regional Centres, two NIOS Cells, and more than 7400 Study Centres (AIs/AVIs) spread all over the country and abroad. NIOS is the largest Open Schooling system in the world with cumulative enrolment of 4.13 million (during last 5 years).
