The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is an autonomous education board under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. This board allows aspiring students to appear for and qualify standard 10th and 12th board exams to be able to pursue higher education and job opportunities. NIOS allows immense flexibility to students registered under the board for appearing for the exam. The biggest advantage of registering with the NIOS board is that students can start their preparation for the exams in distance mode. This greatly helps students prepare at their own pace and comfort, without having to travel to an educational institution every day.