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National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
Background
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National
Open School (NOS) was established in November,1989 as an autonomous
organisation in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry
of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. NIOS is providing a
number of Vocational, Life Enrichment and community oriented courses besides
General and Academic Courses at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. It also
offers Elementary level Courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes
(OBE).Government of India through a gazette notification vested NIOS with the
authority to examine and certify learners registered with it upto pre degree
level courses whether Academic, Technical or Vocational. As per the
Notification notification No 219/2014 dated 11th July, 2014 in respect of the
modalities of the Tutor Marked Assessment (TMA) in Secondary and Sr. Secondary
Examinations the Internal Assessment (IA) including TMA in Secondary and Sr.
Secondary Examination will carry 20% weightage in the External Examination and
the marks will be shown separately and added to the marks obtained in the
External Theory Examination and practicals (wherever applicable). The
implementation will be as per the Guidelines. The Study Centres (AI) will
submit the awards i.e Marks online after verification. After submission the
print out of the same should be sent to the respective Regional Centre for
further action. Standard Operating Procedure for TMA, TMA submission Schedule
by the Learner 1. As per the prospectus the learners have to submit the TMA to
the AI by 31st Jan, 2016 for April Examination and by 31st July for October
Examination. 2. AI to provide the feedback to the Learners by 15th Feb for
April Examination and by 16th August for October Examination. 3. The TMA for
the Learners are available on the NIOS Website. TMA submission Schedule by the
Study Centre & Regional Centre 1. Submission of TMA Awards by the Study
Centre from 16th Feb, to 15th March for the Learners appearing in April
Examination and from 17th August to 16th September for October Examination of
those learners of fresh Admission and the Learners who have not submitted the
TMA in previous Examination and they have not been declared Pass in the Subject
or overall Pass. 2. Online Monitoring and Online verification of the Submitted
TMA Awards by the Regional Centre from 16th Feb to 15th April, for April
Examination and from 17th August to 17th October for October Examination.
Internal
Assessment Internal Assessment
Tutor
Marked Assignments (TMA)
NIOS has developed several means and strategies to help the learners to
learn well and be successful. TMA is one such tool which plays a very important
role in the learning process through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) System.
TMAs help learners to know their progress and attainment level and develop
regular study habits. They also help in designing diagnostic and remedial
teaching strategy during Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs). Your Internal
Assessment shall be done through one Tutor Marked Assignment in each subject
which will be in a booklet form. The subject tutors at the AIs will correct the
assignments and provide you feedback and suggestions for improvement. The TMA
will also be uploaded on NIOS website from where learners can download
them.
NOTE Do not pay any additional amount for
submitting TMA at Study Centre
From the year 2015-16, Internal Assessment (IA) in Secondary/ Senior
examination will carry 20% weightage of theory as continious and comprehensive
evaluation. These marks will be shown in the mark-sheet alongwith the marks of
external examination which will carry 80% weightage in each subject. TMA is
applicable for admission through Stream-1 only. TMA should be submitted before
appearing in the Public Examination of the particular subject.
TMA is not applicable to learners seeking
registration under the Streams II, III & IV.
MOST IMPORTANT
From the session 2015-16, 20% weightage of
theory would be given to Internal Assessment. The public examination would
cover remaining 80% of weightage of theory. The result of those learners, who
do not submit their Assignments, would be declared on the basis of Public
Examination.
Important Instructions
Dear Learner,
By now you must have started studying your Secondary Course of the National
Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). As you already know, planned and continuous
study is necessary for successful completion of a course. We have developed
several means and strategies to help you to learn and be a successful learner.
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) is one such means. TMAs will help you to: l
develop regular study habit which is necessary to become a self learner; l know
the subject matter better; l get practice in writing responses to questions
thereby having a kind of rehearsal in the preparation for the final
examination; l receive feedback and confirmation about the correctness of the
response provided by you; l check your progress in studying the subject you had
opted for, so that you can find out subject areas where you have difficulties
and need to put in more effort to learn well; and l maintain contact with the
subject teachers at your Accredited Institution (AI) and take appropriate
guidance in your studies.
How to Prepare Answer Script for TMAs?
In this booklet you will find one assignment in each subject. You are
required to complete the assignment in your own handwriting in the chosen
subjects only.
Use one sided lined paper to prepare
answer script for TMAs and submit them to your teacher at your Study
Centre (AI).
The Format of TMA
You will notice that TMA is for 20 marks. Questions 1, 2 and 3, comprise of
short answer questions. Each question has two choices of which you have to
attempt only one i.e. 2+2+2= 6 marks. Questions 1, 2 and 3 will thus cover 6
marks. Question nunmber 4 and 5 are long answer questions of 4 marks each. You
have to answer only one question out of the two given. Thus questions 4 and 5
are for 8 marks (4+4=8). Question no. 6 gives you a list of two projects of
which you have to attempt only one. This question will be for 6 marks. The
guidelines for each project work are given along with the topic set.
The submission of TMAs
The schedule for submission of the Secondary Course TMAs at AIs for both
admission block are given below:
If last date so specified happens to be a public holiday/Saturday/Sunday,
the next working day will automatically be treated as last date for the
purpose.
Please follow this submission schedule strictly to take benefit of TMAs.
TMA is applicable for admission through stream–I of online.
These should be submitted before appearing in the Public Examination of the
particular subject.The Tutor Marked Assignment in Secondary or
Senior Secondary
will carry 20% weightage in the external examination
and these marks will be shown separately in the marks sheet alongwith the
external
examination paper which will carry 80% marks in each subject.
You have to submit TMA to the subject teacher at your Study Centre (AI)
at given date. Do not forget to take a receipt of submission of yourTMA from
your teacher. A sample of the assignment submission receipt is given at the
end of this booklet.
In case the Study Centre is not functioning or closed due to administrative
reasons, you may submit the TMA as per the schedule given above, at the
Regional Centre of your area which will take necessary action for evaluation
and sending awards to the NIOS Head Quarters for inclusion in the final result.
For every academic year a new set of TMA booklets will be available at the
Study Centres/ concerned Regional Centres. In case you are not able to get the
TMA booklet, you may download the same from the official website of NIOS i.e.
www.nios.ac.in.
Go through the corrected assignments carefully and use them to improve your
performance by:
• re-reading the lessons in the study materials provided to you in each
subject;
• attending PCP classes to clarify doubts from the teacher or solve problems
that you face during studies; and
• devoting more time for studies.
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
Standard Operating procedure (SOP) Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) for Study Centre:
http://nios.ac.in/media/documents/SOPTMAAwardAI.pdf
Tutor Marked Assignments Secondary Course:
http://nios.ac.in/media/documents/tmasec15/TMA%20Front%20Page.pdf
Tutor Marked Assignments Senior Secondary Course:
http://nios.ac.in/media/documents/tmasr15/TMA%20Pre%20pages.pdf
Looking into the benefits of TMA, it will be possible for you to make best
use of it in order to become a successful learner. If you have any doubt or
suggestions, please do not hesitate to write to us.
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