Programme providing a elementary education at three levels, for school drop-outs and neo-literates, out of school learners through Accredited Agencies.
Under its "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)", the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been endeavouring to provide Basic Education to all children in the country. The Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination (BBOSE) has launched the Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme, as an alternative educational programme, equivalent to the Elementary Education Programme of the formal education system. The OBE Programme explores and makes use of the potentialities of Distance Education Mode (DEM) for reaching the unreached. The Foundation Course of BBOSE has been subsumed into the Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme. There is a provision of separate OBE programme for children and adults. Some significant highlights of OBE programme areas follows: Boards.
The clientele for Open Basic Education (OBE) programme is
Children below 14 years of age
Adults above 14 years of age
The OBE Programme is offered at three levels
OBE level A : equivalent to class I-III
OBE level B : equivalent to class IV-V
OBE level C : equivalent to class VI-VIII