NIOS Subjects

NIOS Subjects: National Institute of  Opening School (NIOS), is a board education that provides open school programmes for secondary and higher secondary level of classes from all over the country. NIOS board is responsible to spread education, literacy and giving learning oppurtunities for people who are not able to join regular courses. NIOS offers different types of subjects to choose for Class 10 (Secondary) and Class 12 (Senior Secondary) courses. For both Secondary and Senior Secondary levels, students are required to select a minimum of five subjects (with at least one language subject or at most two language subjects). In order to select the subjects students must be aware of knowing NIOS Subjects offered. In this article we are going to provide you with the list of NIOS Subjects for both Secondary and Senior Secondary courses. Read on to find more about NIOS Subjects.

NIOS Subjects for Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses

NIOS offers a wide range of courses which are discussed as below:

  • Open Basic Education (OBE) programme which has three levels as under:
    • OBE Level A (Class I-III)
    • OBE Level B (Class IV-V)
    • OBE Level C (Class VI-VIII)
  • Secondary Course (Class X)
  • Senior Secondary Course (Class XII)
  • Vocational Education
  • D. El. Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education)
  • Life Enrichment
  • Life Skills Program

NIOS Secondary Course is equivalent to class 10 and NIOS Senior secondary course is equivalent to class 12. NIOS Conducts exam every year at two stages and twice a year, 1st stage is at April-May and 2nd stage is at October-November. There is also provision for On-demand exam. In this article students must know about NIOS Subjects for class 10 and class 12.

NIOS Subjects for Secondary Course (Class X)

NIOS Secondary course is divided into two groups. Group A and Group B.

Subjects under Group A

  1. Hindi (201)
  2. English (202)
  3. Bengali (203)
  4. Marathi (204)
  5. Telugu (205)
  6. Urdu (206)
  7. Gujarati (207)
  8. Kannada (208)
  9. Sanskrit (209)
  10. Punjabi (210)
  11. Assamese (228)
  12. Nepali (231)
  13. Malayalam (232)
  14. Oriya (233)
  15. Arabic (235)
  16. Persian (236)
  17. Tamil (237)

Subjects under Group B

  1. Mathematics (211)*
  2. Science and Technology (212)*
  3. Social Science (213)
  4. Economics (214)
  5. Business Studies (215)
  6. Home Science (216)*
  7. Data Entry Operation (E) (229)*
  8. Psychology (222)
  9. Indian Culture & Heritage (223)
  10. Painting (225)*
  11. Data Entry Operations (229)

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NIOS Subjects for Senior Secondary Course (Class XII)

NIOS Senior secondary course is divided into six groups. Group A, B, C, D, E and F.

Group A

  1. Hindi (301)
  2. English (302)
  3. Bangla (303)
  4. Tamil (304)
  5. Odia (305)
  6. Urdu (306)
  7. Gujarati (307)
  8. Sanskrit (309)
  9. Punjabi (310)

Group B

  1. Mathematics (311)
  2. Home Science (321)*
  3. Psychology (328)
  4. Geography (316)*
  5. Economics (318)
  6. Business Studies (319)
  7. Painting (332)*
  8. Data entry Operation (336)*

Group C

  1. Physics (312)*
  2. History (315)
  3. Library and Information Sc. (339)*

Group D

  1. Chemistry (313)*
  2. Political Science(317)
  3. Mass Communication (335)*

Group E

  1. Biology (314)*
  2. Accountancy (320)
  3. Introduction to Law (338)*

Group F

  1. Computer Science (330)*
  2. Sociology(331)
  3. Environmental Science (333)*

Subjects with * marks have both theory and practical.

Important Points Regarding NIOS Subjects

Following are the important points regarding NIOS Subjects:

  • Students Need to choose five subjects atleast.
  • Every candidate must select at least one language subject or at most two language subjects from Group A.
  • Remaining 4 subjects should be selected from another groups.
  • Senior Secondary Level, students can choose only one subject from each of Group C, D, E and F.
  • Candidates can choose two additional subjects if they want. This means a maximum of seven subjects is allowed.

Note: Students must select their subjects based on their future plans.

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