Archive · 31 Jul 2026
West Bengal Signs MoU with NIOS to Cut Dropouts
The West Bengal government has teamed up with a national school called NIOS to help kids who move around a lot keep going to school.
If a family moves to another state, the kids can keep studying and take exams where they are.
The plan also helps adults who stopped school before.
Students can finish their classes in up to five years, and the certificates they earn are accepted just like regular school certificates, so they can go to college or get jobs.
West Bengal government signed an MoU with NIOS under the Samagra Shiksha Mission.
The MoU aims to reduce dropouts among children of migrant workers by allowing seamless study across states.
Students can continue learning and sit exams in a new state while studying in their mother tongue.
The initiative also targets adult learners and those who discontinued schooling, offering up to five years to complete courses.
NIOS certificates will have statutory recognition equal to state boards, CBSE, and CISCE.
- Who
- West Bengal government and National Institute of Open Schooling
- What
- Signed a Memorandum of Understanding to reduce school dropouts and expand flexible learning
- Where
- West Bengal, India
- Why
- To provide uninterrupted education for migrant families and enable adult learners to resume schooling
- MoU partner
- National Institute of Open Schooling
- Program
- Samagra Shiksha Mission
- Target group
- Migrant children and adult learners
- Learning period
- Up to 5 years
- Certificate recognition
- Equal to state boards, CBSE, CISCE