The Centre is getting ready to roll out a pilot programme throughout 10 districts in 9 States to proactively join out-of-school youngsters within the age group of 14-18 years with the Nationwide Institute of Open Education (NIOS) for distance studying, shifting past its present voluntary framework.
A high-level assembly was convened on Saturday (Could 17, 2026) beneath the chairmanship of Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Division of Faculty Training & Literacy (DoSEL) beneath the Ministry of Training, to debate the implementation technique for the pilot programmes. It was attended by prime officers of NIOS and State Training Departments, in addition to District Collectors and District Magistrates of the pilot districts.
In accordance with the newest Periodic Labour Power Survey estimates, over two crore youngsters within the 14–18 age group are presently out of faculty.
The ten districts are unfold throughout Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, in keeping with a press assertion of the Union Training Ministry.
The initiative will embody app-based mapping of out of faculty youngsters within the age group of 14-18 years, monitoring techniques, incentive mechanisms, district-level convergence methods, stated a press assertion from the Ministry of Training.
Earlier than the pilot programme is kicked off, officers may even guarantee enrolment of NIOS Facilitators, distribution of starter kits, and preliminary surveys.
Revealed – Could 17, 2026 02:24 am IST
