The NIOS has 100% Online admission at the Secondary and the Senior Secondary Education levels in order to facilitate learners to register.
Under this scheme, the learner has three options:
(i) Learners can register online directly by visiting the website of NIOS i.e., www.nios.ac.in and sdmis.nios.ac.in.
(ii) Learners may visit Oceanik college to register with all the admission related documents to enroll.

The learner who gives a self certificate stating that “I have studied and able to pursue the secondary course” is
A learner who has passed class VIII and has a valid proof that Learner has attained 14 years of age can apply for registration to the Secondary Course. Also eligible for admission to the Secondary Course.
(i) The learner who had studied at the Secondary level can also seek admission in NIOS either to complete his course or to improve his performance.
(ii) Residential proof of the learner.

The certificate of date of birth issued by a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Body, a Village Panchayat or any other body authorized by the Registrar, Birth and Death, Government of India, and the Aadhaar Card issued by some Govt. Agency is a valid proof of date of birth. However, in case of orphans, street children etc., a medical certificate in respect of age issued by a Government Hospital is also acceptable as a valid proof of date of birth.

The Admission (once registered) is valid for a period of 5 years from the date of admission.

The fee concession is provided to females, SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen and differently abled/Divyang learners as per NIOS norms.

No. In order to take admission in the Senior Secondary course, the learner must have passed the Secondary course from a recognised Board.

The minimum age to take admission in the Senior Secondary Course is 15 years.

The NIOS offers the Secondary course in English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Odia, Telugu, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assammese, Sanskrit and Kannada mediums; and the Senior Secondary course in English, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Gujarati, Sanskrit and Urdu mediums.

Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Bengali, Odia, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Assamese, Nepali, Malayalam, Arabic, Persian, Tamil, Sindhi, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Science, Economics, Business Studies, Home Science; Psychology, Indian Culture and Heritage, Painting, Data Entry Operations, Accountancy, Hindustan Sangeet, Carnatic Sangeet, Veda Adhyan, Sanskrit Vyakaran, Bharatiya Darshan, Sanskrit Sahitya, Entrepreneurship. (36 subjects including 18 languages).

Hindi, English, Bengali, Odia, Tamil, Urdu, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Punjabi, Persian, Arabic, Malyalam, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science, Psychology, Computer Science, Sociology, Painting, Environmental Science, Mass Communication, Data Entry Operations, Introduction to Law, Library and Information Science, Veda Adhyan, Sanskrit Vyakaran, Bharatiya Darshan, Sanskrit Sahitya, Physical Education and Yog, Military Studies, Military History and Early Childhood Care and Education (41 subjects including 12 languages).

Yes. A learner has the option to change one or more subjects, provided the total number of subjects does not exceed seven. Subjects already passed cannot be changed.

For obtaining a pass certificate at the Secondary level, a learner is required to pass in minimum five subjects including one or maximum two languages.

Yes. A learner can opt upto two additional subjects. Thus, in all, a learner can choose a maximum of seven subjects.

The latest structure for registration and examination has been given on NIOS website as also in the Prospectus. The fee structure will be decided on case to case basis depending upon the need for tuition and coaching in the college.

Yes. In case the learner has completed the Secondary/Senior Secondary Course from any National/State Board of School Education and wish to seek admission in NIOS for the same course, he/she will be allowed to take admission in NIOS in upto four subjects. On successful completion, the learner will get only the Marksheet. No Certificate is issued under the Dual/Part Admission Scheme.

The admission to a particular course is normally confirmed by NIOS by issuing an Identity Card having his/her admission particulars as per the records available with NIOS. On confirmation of admission, Enrolment Number is also informed to the learner.

Learner can collect it from oceanik college.

Since the admission is 100% online, the learner is required to be careful while making entries in him/her application form. However, the correction will be done as per the Guidelines displayed on NIOS website.

Yes, In case of loss of Identity Card, a duplicate Identity Card can be issued. For obtaining a Duplicate Identity Card, first lodge an FIR with the concerned Police Station. Then apply online through E-Service and the learner may upload the copy of FIR and pay the fee of Rs. 100/- through online mode and second time for obtaining the duplicate Identity Card, the learner will have to pay the fee of Rs. 500/-.

Yes, a learner has the option to choose subjects of his/her choice from the list of subjects provided at NIOS website and Prospectus keeping in view the Pass Criteria and Certification Criteria, as also the requirement of other Boards/ Universities for further education.

Yes, in order to make NIOS courses more meaningful, Vocational Education Courses are offered independently and also in combination with academic subjects at the Secondary and the Senior Secondary levels.

Yes, NIOS has entered into an MoU with CSC e-Governance India Ltd., Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India. All the Common Services Centers throughout the country act as Facilitation Centers of NIOS where any prospective learner can avail various online facilities of NIOS at the prescribed rates. The amount as per these rates is to be paid by the learner and will be in addition to the registration fee of NIOS. Oceanik college is registered with the government of India.