The Regional Centres and Sub-Regional Centres have been established by the NIOS for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of the Study Centres in the respective region and to fecilitate the academic and administrative support to learners
Regional Centres are also intended to act as resource centres of the NIOS in respective regions. Regional Centres are centres for training coordinators/counsellors/other functionaries and would provide a venue for the learners and the academic counsellors to express their responses with reference to a particular subject. Responsibility for Admission, Examination also lie with Regional Centres.