Call For Papers : Conference on "Role of Open Schooling"
- Last Date : 31st December 2012 -

CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE:31st December 2012 )
International conference on
"Education for All: Role of Open Schooling"
Date : 13-15 March 2013
Hosted by : National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS), India
Links : NIOS

National Institute Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of HRD, Government of India is organizing an international conference on "Education for All: Role of Open Schooling" from 13th-15th March, 2012. The conference is proposed to provide platform for Experts in EFA/ODL, Educational Planners/Policy makers/Administrators, Representatives of Open Schools & other interested individuals to debate and deliberate upon the role of open schooling in fulfilling this cherished goal for Education for All in all developing countries, particularly those that come under the umbrella of the Commonwealth.

The proposed International Conference will throw light on the issues of Access, equity, quality, administration and management and Issues pertaining to Skill Development through Open Schooling. The objectives of the conference will be to

1. exchange and share existing national and international experiences/practices for achieving Education for all
2. discuss issues and concerns pertaining to education for all at different levels and types of school education
3. suggest strategies and interventions to achieve the goal of Education for All through open schooling

The objectives of the conference will be to

1. exchange and share existing national and international experiences/practices for achieving Education for all
2. discuss issues and concerns pertaining to education for all at different levels and types of school education
3. suggest strategies and interventions to achieve the goal of Education for All through open schooling

5. Sub-Themes
The sub-themes of the conference will be
a) Issues of Access & Equity:
- Expansion and meeting of demand; Retention/completion
- Awareness Building and Advocacy for open schooling

b) Issues of Quality (materials, curriculum, delivery system, evaluation)
- relevance (need based); contextualised; goal-oriented
- Learner Support Services and delivery system
- ICT & Multimedia
- Capacity Building
- Research and Development
- Innovation

c) Institutional related issues and operational strategies:
Management of open schooling
Financing of Open Schooling
Monitoring and Quality Assurance in Open Schooling"
Networking and Collaboration
Resource Mobilisation
Documentation of Success Stories

d) Issues pertaining to Skill Development through Open Schooling:
- Levels (elementary, secondary and senior secondary)
- Types (general, vocational)
- Integration of Academic Education and Vocational Education/Skill Development

Submission of Paper

In this regard, we request the interested individuals to send the full paper and abstract to The Academic Officer (Sociology), National Institute Open Schooling (NIOS), A-24-25, Institutional Area, Sector-62, Noida-201309 (U.P) India. A soft copy is required to be sent via e-mail to [email protected], with a copy marked to [email protected]. The last date of receiving the full paper with abstract is December 31, 2012. Intimation to the authors of the selected papers will be communicated separately indicating details of the Conference.

The detailed information is available on the link
Links : NIOS

*Sukanta Kumar Mahapatra*
*Academic Officer(Sociology)*
*National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS)*
*Ministry of HRD,Govt. of India*
*A-24& 25,**Noida-62,*
*[email protected]*
** The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November,1989 as an autonomous organisation in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Government of India. NIOS is providing a number of Vocational, Life Enrichment and community oriented courses besides General and Academic Courses at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. It also offers Elementary level Courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE).Government of India through a gazette notification vested NIOS with the authority to examine and certify learners registered with it upto pre degree level courses.