NIOS Exam 2018: Students in Kerala are facing difficulties in registration, says Shashi Tharoor

NIOS Registration 2018: The NIOS students from Kerala are not able to avail the benefit of extended registration date, says Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP, Dr Shashi Tharoor. Dr Tharoor also stated all the study centres are full in his constituency. The NIOS or National Institute of Open Schooling has extended the last date of registration of Stream 1 Block 1 -- for which the exams will be held in April-May 2019 -- secondary and senior secondary students from Kerala till October 15 due to the devastating floods which created havoc in the state.’ He also demanded NIOS and Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar to fix the problem.

He said “NIOS students from Kerala are not able to avail the benefit of extended registration date as all the study centres are full. Many students in my constituency are affected: all 3 Tvm centres are full. None of the numbers of @niostwit is responding Hope @PrakashJavdekar will fix!”

"Due to devastating flood hit Kerala State, NIOS has decided to accept the offline Admission form & late fee exemption of Admission/Examination. Learners whose board exam documents have been lost/damaged in the floods, will be provided the same without any charge on request basis," NIOS tweeted.

The floods in the state claimed more than 470 lives since May 29 when the South West Monsoon set in over Kerala. The NIOS organises open school examinations and teacher training courses. The NIOS has also declared the timetable for Class 10th and 12th examinations. The class 12th or intermediate examination is scheduled on October 6th 2018, and the Class 10th examination October 8th 2018. The candidates who will appear for the examination can download their admit cards from the official website, nios.ac.in.