Delhi model virtual school strictly online, not a hybrid: Delhi government

The Delhi government said that NIOS has study centres spread across the country which conduct in-person classes, whereas, Delhi Model Virtual School will be completely virtual.

The Delhi government said that NIOS has study centres spread across the country which conduct in-person classes, whereas, Delhi Model Virtual School will be completely virtual.

"The Delhi government has been taking NIOS as an option for our students in some schools. They have study centres spread across different parts of the country which operate as in-person support classes. In 2021 they decided to parallelly offer this study support through online mode also without abolishing its in-person study centres," the Delhi government said in a statement.

The National Institute of Open Schooling claimed on Wednesday in an official statement said that the first virtual school in the country was launched last year by the Centre.

“On August 14, 2021, the Virtual Open School of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was launched by Education Minister. It is based on and empowered by Blended Learning with the integration of state-of-the-art technologies. The Virtual School caters to children wanting to appear in classes X and XII and covers the studies of 9-12.  211394 Learners of NIOS have been certified since the launch of Virtual Open School,” NIOS added.

It said that during the pandemic, most of the schools moved to online teaching and after the pandemic, many of them still follow the hybrid approach. "If on the basis of offering online study classes as one of the options to its students, NIOS claims that it is now a completely virtual school then all the best to them," it said.

Read More:

• AICTE PMSSS 2022 applications begin for diploma students in engineering; Apply by Sep 5
• IIT Admissions 2022 to begin on September 12; 16,598 seats available