Students looking to pursue their class 10th or 12th from the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) may appear for the Public exam that will be held twice in the year 2024. It is important for the candidates to know the fee structure of NIOS 2024 before taking the admission to NIOS under any stream.
The Fee Structure of NIOS 2024 is different for secondary and senior secondary admission. In this article, we are providing complete information about NIOS Fee Structure 2024 for all the aspiring candidates.
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NIOS Admission Fee 2024
The admission fee for secondary or senior secondary courses includes the following charges:
- Cost of Registration
- Cost of Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs)
- Charges of Study Material
- Cost of Identity Card
- Charges of assignment evaluation.
Note: The NIOS Admission fee does not include the examination fee. The examination fee will required to be paid separately while applying for the public exam.
NIOS Fee Structure 2024 for Stream 1
Online Admission
Course | General Category | For SC/ST, Ex-servicemen and PWD candidates | |
Male | Female | ||
Secondary Course | |||
For 5 Subjects | Rs. 1485/- | Rs. 1210/- | Rs. 990/- |
For every Additional subject | Rs. 600/- | Rs. 600/- | Rs. 600/- |
Senior Secondary Course | |||
For 5 Subjects | Rs. 1650/- | Rs. 1375/- | Rs. 1075/- |
For every Additional subject | Rs. 600/- | Rs. 600/- | Rs. 600/- |
For Dual Enrolment/Part Admission/TOC
Particular | For secondary | For Senior Secondary |
Registration Fee | Rs. 400/- per subject | Rs. 400/- per subject |
Cost of Course Material for each Subject | Rs. 300/- mandatory | Rs. 300/- mandatory |
Fee for Transfer of Credit | Rs 150/- per subject | Rs 150/- per subject |
NIOS Fee structure 2024 for Stream 2, 3 and 4
Particular | Under Stream -2 | Under Stream -3 | Under Stream -4 |
Registration | Rs. 400/- (Per subject) | Rs. 400/- (Per subject) | Rs. 400/- (Per subject) |
Exam Fee | For Theory: Rs 250 per subject
For practical: Rs 120 per subject |
For Theory: Rs 500 per subject
For practical: Rs 20 per subject |
For Theory: Rs 250 per subject
For practical: Rs 200 per subject |
TOC Fee | Rs. 150/- per subject | Rs. 150/- per subject | Rs. 150/- per subject |
*Change/additional Subject Fee | Rs. 600/- per subject | Rs. 600/- per subject | Rs. 600/- per subject |
Note: An extra amount of Rs. 50/- will also required to be paid by the applicants under all four streams as the cost of online application form.
NIOS FEE Exemption 2024
- All candidates from SC, ST, ex servicemen and PWD will get certain relaxations in the admission fee.
- Female candidates from Ladakh will be exempted from the Registration fee and cost of course material but they will have to pay the TOC fee.
- NIOS will provide the free education to all jail inmates.
Documents required for Fee exemption categories
Category | Supporting Documents required | |
SC and ST Candidates | SC/ST certificate issued by a magistrate, commissioner or deputy commissioner, the copy of certificate should be attested by a Gazetted officer. | |
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | Original certificate indicating disabilities issued by any govt. hospital | |
Ex-servicemen | Original certificate issued by employer or copy attested by Gazetted officer | |
Mode of NIOS Admission FEE Payment 2024
The Fee for NIOS Admission 2024 will be paid through following three methods:
- By using online payment gateways such debits card/credit card and net banking.
- By a demand draft of any nationalized bank drawn in favour Secretary, NIOS. (The DD must be payable at regional center in case of stream 1 and 2 and in case of stream 3 and 4 the DD should be payable at Noida).
- If the candidate has taken admission through common service centres then admission fee will be paid by respective electronic wallet of CSC.
Note: This is a tentative fee structure of NIOS. The latest fee structure will be updated soon.