Open Basic Education

Open Basic Education (OBE)

Programme providing a elementary education at three levels, for school drop-outs and neo-literates, out of school learners through Accredited Agencies.

Under its "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)", the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been endeavouring to provide Basic Education to all children, youth and adults in the country. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has launched the Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme, as an alternative educational programme, equivalent to the Elementary Education Programme of the formal education system. The OBE Programme explores and makes use of the potentialities of Distance Education Mode (DEM) for reaching the unreached. The Foundation Course of NIOS has been subsumed into the Open Basic Education 9OBE) Programme. There is a provision of separate OBE programme for children and adults. Some significant highlights of OBE programme areas follows:

The clientele for Open Basic Education (OBE) programme is:

• Children below 14 years of age

• Adults above 14 years of age

The OBE Programme is offered at three levels:

•  OBE level A : equivalent to class I-III

• OBE level B : equivalent to class IV-V

• OBE level C : equivalent to class VI-VIII

• Notification No. 03/2019 dt. 30.04.2019 regarding choose two additional languages in OPEN BASIC EDUCATION (OBE)

• Notification for Open Basic Education Admissions [English Version](162 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• ओपन बेसिक शिक्षा प्रवेश के लिए अधिसूचना [हिंदी मे](177 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Online Entry of OBE Admission

• Extension of OBE Programme (6-14 years age group) beyond March, 2017 (332 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Notification and Revised GUIDELINES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE for OBE dated 01.10.2015 (1.06 MB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Norms and Procedure for Accreditation

• Learning Material for A,B and C Level

• Open Basic Education A Level - Curriculum in Hindi (17.6 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Open Basic Education B Level - Curriculum in Hindi (66.6 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Open Basic Education C Level - Curriculum in Hindi (120 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Open Basic Education A Level - Curriculum in English (17.6 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Open Basic Education B Level - Curriculum in English (66.6 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Open Basic Education C Level - Curriculum in English (120 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Blue Print, Question Paper Design and Sample, Marking Scheme of A Level (222 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Blue Print, Question Paper Design and Sample, Marking Scheme of B Level (259 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

• Blue Print, Question Paper Design and Sapmple, Marking Scheme of C Level (205 KB) PDF File Opens in a new window

OBE programme is being implemented in collboration with Agencies accredited by NIOS for the purpose. These are popularly known as the Accredited Agencies.

• A list of Accredited Agencies for OBE