Overview
- The education ministry will share UDISE Plus records of students who fail board exams with NIOS to enable proactive counselling and enrolment.
- NIOS has been asked to establish a block-level presence with PM-SHRI schools serving as local facilitation and academic support centres.
- The Centre is exploring use of Samagra Shiksha funds to cover NIOS fees so costs do not block completion of Class 10 or 12, with specifics still to be finalised.
- Around 50 lakh students failed Class 10 and 12 across boards in 2024, highlighting the scale of the re-engagement effort.
- Coordination is underway with states that run their own open school boards as dropout rates decline and data point to work and household responsibilities as key drivers.