The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was set up as the National Open School in 1989 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, as an autonomous organization. It provides educational opportunities to persons who wish to study further and qualify for a better tomorrow. The Mission of NIOS is to provide education to all with special concern for girls and women, rural youth, working men and women, SCs and STs, differently-abled persons and other disadvantaged persons who, because of one or other reasons, could not continue their education in the formal system of education. The aim of NIOS is to reach the unreached. The NIOS has taken special initiatives for imparting education to Jail Inmates by setting up Study Centres in Jails across the country and granting full fee exemption. The NIOS operates through a network of Twenty Three Regional Centres, two Sub-Regional Centres, Two NIOS Cells and more than Seven thousand four hundred Accredited Institutions (AIs) and Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs) popularity known as Study Centres. These Centres are located in India, Nepal and Middle East Countries.