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Notes 30.9.1 Open School

For people who have been out of school, drop outs, housewives and people who are in the age group
of secondary education, the need of a system was felt which should be flexible, forward looking and

able to keep education to the door of the students. Central Board of Secondary Education, the fi rst
open school of the country was established in July, 1979 after several discussion on such system.
Mission—As an alternative to formal secondary education, open learning systems with the goal of
providing education were introduced at the school level. Under the national education policy, it was
introduced by examining the needs of several people of the nation.
Objectives—Following are the major goals of open school
(1) To present a parallel informal system as an alternative to formal school system.
(2) To provide opportunities of education for people who have been out of school, drop outs, older
people, housewives, Students from disadvantaged sections of society and those living in remote
areas of the country that do not go to regular schools.
(3) To operate secondary, senior secondary, technical, vocational and life enrichment courses by
correspondence teaching methods.
(4) To organize bridges for reaching to secondary level programmes or early programmes.
(5) To motivate a system based on research, publication and dissemination of an open and distance
learning education.
Target Group—
(1) School drop outs
(2) Girls and women
(3) Unemployed and working adults
(4) Scheduled Caste and tribes
(5) Ex-Serviceman
(6) Physically or mentally disabled
(7) Physically/Geographically Disadvantaged
(8) Neo-Literates from total Literacy Campaigns

In which areas the emphasis is on open learning?

Main Characteristics of Open School

(1) The doors of open school are open for everyone. There are no restriction of ages and other reasons.
(2) Its working area is not limited; it is open for all those people who want to take advantage of this
whether in India or anywhere else.

(3) Students are free to select the courses of their own choice from a fixed list and to study according
their means.
(4) Student can pass the over a period of five years and nine efforts in different subject alternatively or

all of them at once.
(5) The language can be selected as Hindi or English according to needs.

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