NIOS receives the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
NIOS got this award under the category of Best Accessible Website for persons with disabilities.
Learners with disabilities like blindness, low vision, speech impairment, locomotor disability and any other disability which causes difficulty in writing the exams are to be provided with need based provisions such as amanuensis, technological devices etc. The provisions shall be according to their disabilities as per the procedure notified by NIOS from time to time.