Deepalaya
strongly believes in the power of education. Education is empowerment; it serves as a crucial tool for personal and community growth, fostering opportunities and enabling individuals to break the cycle of poverty.
Deepalaya’s strategic plan for 2025-2030 highlights the importance of enhancing educational opportunities through inclusive education and vocational training. The organization focuses on empowering teachers with specialized training and assistive technologies like UDL and Easy Read to support students with disabilities. To promote equitable learning, Deepalaya aims to boost enrollment rates and enable students to learn at their own pace by implementing the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) framework, providing accessible education to children, including those with and without disabilities, dropouts, and students with specific learning and intellectual disabilities, up to Class 10.
NIOS-Open Basic Program
Open Basic Education Program
Deepalaya offers educational opportunities from pre-primary (school readiness) to primary (Class 1-5) and upper primary levels (6-8), welcoming students of all ages, genders, and geographical backgrounds. This also includes children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, and multiple disabilities, as well as other school dropouts who may be socially marginalized, especially girls, who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
OBE level A
Equivalent to class I-III
OBE Level B
Equivalent to class IV-V
OBE Level C
Equivalent to class VI-VIII
Eligibility
- Students must be 7+ years old for OBE-A.
- Students must be age 9+. Must have a certificate of OBE-A or have proof of passing 3rd class. Or a learner giving a self-certificate, “I have studied enough to be able to pursue OBE-B,” is also eligible for admission to the OBE-B course.
- Students must be age 12+. Must have a certificate of OBE-B or have proof of passing 5th class. Or a learner giving a self-certificate, “I have studied enough to be able to pursue OBE-C,” is also eligible for admission to the OBE-C course.
