Delhi Govt Issues NIOS Class 10 Admission Guidelines For 2025-26 Academic Session

The Directorate of Education (DoE) has released a guideline for the government school students registration to seek admission to Class 10 through National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for the academic session of 2025-26.

The step is under the NIOS project to prevent dropouts among students, who have failed repeatedly in regular school examinations and give them an opportunity to complete formal education through open schooling, according to a circular.

The students of government schools under the aegis of DoE, declared 'fail' or compartment in Class 9 or Class 10 at least two times until the previous session (2024-25) are entitled to register themselves in the NIOS Class 10 programme, as per the circular.

But those who have failed or have been given a compartment for the first time during the 2024-25 session are not eligible under this scheme and should remain in their current schools, it added.

Only students possessing valid School Leaving Certificates (SLCs) from the concerned school are eligible, the circular said.

School heads will be tasked with identifying, reaching out and registering eligible students. They will also have to get entries updated in the MIS module prior to registration, it said.

The circular also details how registration will be done and that classes will be held in approximately 75 selected study centres in Delhi.

They may choose two languages, Social Science as a core subject and two other subjects with practicals. The languages offered are Hindi, English and Sanskrit, the circular stated.

Other subjects they can choose include Home Science, Painting and Science and Technology, it added.

They will also be entitled to a uniform allowance under the Direct Benefit Transfer of the DoE, the circular stated.

The deadline for receipt of online application and fee is July 31, it further added.