The Telangana Open School shall provide ample access to sustainable learner-centric quality education, skill upgradation and training to learners by using innovative technologies and methodologies of Open and Distance Learning .TOSS will provide opportunities for continuing education to those who have missed opportunities to complete school and development education; and to other children/persons desirous of pursuing school level education through open and distance learning (ODL) mode by offering courses and programmes of general education, life enrichment and vocational education up to pre-degree level.
TOSS introduced SSC (TOSS) course in ODL mode in the academic year 2008-09, vide G.O. Rt. No. 723 Edn. (Budget-SSA) Dept., dt: 27.09.2008. Academic courses are integrated with vocational courses. The course will be implemented through identified Government/Municipal/Aided/Recognized High Schools, which are commonly known as Accredited Institutions (AIs), in the State. It was planned to start at least one Accredited Institution (AI)/ Study Centre per mandal in all the 1129 mandals of the State. Public examinations were held for two batches of SSC (TOSS) course during 2008-09 and 2009-10 and the results are highly encouraging.