
Various short-term courses offered by NIOS are given below:
Six Month Course
| Title of the Course | Duration | Entry Qualification |
| House Wiring and Electrical Appliance Repairing | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Motor & Transformer Rewinding | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Radio & Tape Recorder Repairing | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Cutting & Tailoring | Six Months | |
| TV Repairing | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Cutting & Tailoring | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Dress Making | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Beauty Culture | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Plumbing | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Refrigeration | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Air Conditioning | Six Months | Below Secondary Level |
| Certificate in Desk-Top Publishing | Six Months | Senior Secondary Level |
| Certificate in Yog | Six Months | Secondary Level |
| Certificate in Security Service | Six Months | Secondary Level |
| Computer Hardware Assembly & Maintenance | Six Months | Secondary Level |
One – Year Course
| Jute Production Technology | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Plant Protection | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Water Management For Crop Production | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Oyster Mushroom Production Technology | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Poultry Farming | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (Hindi) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (English) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (Urdu) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Stenography (Hindi) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Stenography (English) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Secretarial Practice | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Stenography (Urdu) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (Hindi) | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (English) | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Typewriting (Urdu) | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Certificate in Computer Hardware Assembly & Maintenance | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
Certificate in Computer Applications
| One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Word Processing (MS Word) | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Word Processing (MS Word) | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Furniture And Cabinet Making | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Electroplating | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Carpentry | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Solar Energy Technician | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Bio-gas Energy Technician | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Jan Swasthya | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
Certificate in Rural Health for Women
| One year | IV class pass |
Advanced Certificate in Rural Health for Women
| One Year | Passouts of Certificate in Rural Health for Women |
Certificate in Care of Elderly
| One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Laundry Services | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Bakery & Confectionery | One Year | Secondary Level |
| House Keeping | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Catering Management | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Food Processing | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Play Centre Management | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Hotel Front Office Operations | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Preservation of Fruits & vegetables | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Paripurna Mahila | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Jan Swasthya | One Year | Secondary Level |
| LibraryClerk Course | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Certificatein Care of Elderly Basic Life science Aspects of Aging GeneralCare & specific Need of Elderly | One year | Senior Secondary Level |
| Certificate in Computer Hardware Assembly & Maintenance | One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
Certificate in Computer Applications
| One Year | Senior Secondary Level |
Life Enrichment Courses
| Paripurna Mahila | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Jan Swasthya | One Year | Secondary Level |
| Yog | —– | Offered to literate |
| Bhartiya Culture and Heritage | —– | Offered to literate |











