With a motto to “reach out and reach all”, NIOS
follows the principle of freedom to learn i.e. what to learn, when to learn,
how to learn, and when to appear in the examination is decided by the learner
himself. There is no restriction of time, place, and pace of learning.
The formal education, especially
higher education is beyond the reach of rural children due to poverty and other
factors like lack of infrastructure, unable to access the urban facilities etc.
This is the reason that the life of 80% of rural India is underdeveloped. The
only solution as envisaged by Swami Vivekananda is by spreading the education
among masses. He said that suppose you open and free school in every village,
still it would do no good, for the poverty in India is such that the poor
children would rather go to help their father in the fields or otherwise try to
make a living than come to school. Now, if the mountain does not come to
Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. If the poor boy or girl cannot come
to education, education must go to him/her.
For those unreached
children, we need education relevant to their lives i.e. life skill education
which enables to earn their livelihood by harnessing natural resources etc. In
this situation, we find NIOS in an effective institution to fulfil our objective:
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1. Provide
education to those who are unable to attend conventional schools for a variety
of socio-economic reasons, as well as to those for similar reasons missed
opportunities to complete their school education.
2. Meet
the educational needs of differently able children.
3. Provide
wider choice of educational programmes to learners.
4. Provide
an opportunity to school drop-outs so that they do not remain under-educated.
Ramakrishna Mission
Ashrama, Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra has taken a noble and innovative
endeavour for sustainable education through synergy of formal education,
multi-skill vocational education along with moral education in collaboration
with NIOS.
The process of education
has witnessed change globally and is undergoing rapid transformation
constantly. The focus of educational process has shifted from the teacher to
the learner. Education is now learner centric instead of what it has
traditionally been – Teacher Centric. The learner is now expected to be more
responsible for his/her choice of subjects and also process of education than
before. A large number of students decide to pursue education not through
classroom teaching process but on their own time, at their own pace &
place.
National Institute of
Open Schooling (NIOS) is one of the three national boards of Secondary
Education through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode. It is the largest open
school of the world. NIOS develops its own curriculum, self learning materials.
Ramakrishna Mission is a
reputed institution of Open Basic Education (OBE) for Class – III, V, &
VIII. AI for secondary and senior secondary education, RAVI for different
vocational courses etc. are available courses in NIOS. An innovative attempt
has been made to keep the poor and rural but intelligent students as
residential students studying secondary and senior secondary courses of NIOS
along with vocational subjects of Krishi Vigyan Kendra. After successful
completion, they may further join different degree courses offered by
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University through Integrated Rural and Tribal
Development and Management (IRTDM). Faculty Centre of this University is
established in the Ashrama s off campus centre.
The significant steps and
all out efforts are being taken in this tribal population area to take the
education to the unreached. But this is barely a drop in the ocean. With the
humble beginnings, we have sown the seeds, but still miles to go for the best
to achieve.
Dr. A.K. Jasu (Dean, Faculty of
IRTDM, RKMVU)
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