Sr.Secondary: Geography (316)

By Dr. Tarun | National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

Learners enrolled: 382

Geography as a discipline is very interesting. It is the study about How, Why, When and Where human and natural activity occur and how these activities are interconnected so far the objectives are concerned, the entire course has been developed for you:

To be familiar with the terms, key concepts and basic principles of geography, it also helps you
To explore the processes and patterns of natural and human phenomena as well as the relationship between physical and human environment,
It provides opportunity To apply geographical knowledge & methods to resolve the emerging issues i.e. pollution, depletion of resources and many more,
It will also enable you To study the demographic structure of India and appreciate the concept of unity in diversity.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	24 weeks
Category :	School
Credit Points :	10
Level :	School
Start Date :	05 Apr 2024
End Date :	30 Sep 2024
Enrollment Ends :	30 Sep 2024
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Instructor bio

Dr. Tarun

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

Designation: Deputy Director (Academic)

Qualification: M.Sc (Geography), M. Phil, Ph. D, NET (UGC) Qualified ,Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (PGDDE), Certificate in Designing & Facilitating e-Learning (level 5) Open Polytechnic, New Zealand

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Social Science, Indian Culture and Heritage, Designing & Facilitating e-content, Gender and Open and Distance Learning

Awards & Honours:

Represented NIOS, India at Open University UK, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom on 4 September, 2019 and Institute of Education, University College London, United Kingdom on 5 September, 2019 with NIOS team.
Participated in workshop on “Open Schooling” on 8^th September, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland organised by COL with team.
Presented paper on “Jail Inmates Seek Better Life Through Open Schooling: A Case Study of NIOS, India" in the Ninth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, (PCF9) taking place from Monday 9^thto 12^th September, 2019 at the BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Completed a course on “Issues in Diversity and Difference for Inclusive Education” through International Workshop at Punjab University, Chandigarh in December 2019.
Visited Japan as an NIOS Teacher in International Exchange Programme between Japan and India during 7th -14th October, 2018
Member of Curriculum Committee, Gender Studies Course at Senior Secondary Level.
Member of Curriculum Committee, Geography, Senior Secondary Level, NIOS.
Member of Editorial Board in Social Science Book of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, India.
Member of Core- Committee for Gender Policy project in collaboration with Common Wealth of Learning (COL).

Course certificate

For Senior Secondary Level Passing Certificate

1. In order to obtain Senior Secondary (12th) passing certificate from NIOS, the learners are required to enroll in minimum five subjects including one or maximum two languages on SWAYAM. For examination and certification the learners must also enroll with NIOS .

2. The admission in NIOS is done through online mode only. The learner can visit the official website of NIOS i.e., www.nios.ac. in or www.sdmis.nios.ac.in . The learner can also visit the Regional Centre or nearest AI (study Centre) or designated Common Service Centre (CSC), the list of which is available on the website and take help for online admission in NIOS.

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