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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 75% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    18% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

nios.ac.in

Home: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

Page Load Speed

13.1 sec in total

First Response

2.9 sec

Resources Loaded

10 sec

Page Rendered

234 ms

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About Website

Visit nios.ac.in now to see the best up-to-date NIOS content for India and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about nios.ac.in

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November 1989 as an autonomous organization in pursuance of National Policy on Education...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Nios.ac.in page load time and found that the first response time was 2.9 sec and then it took 10.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

nios.ac.in performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

13/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.0 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value290 ms

80/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.438

21/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value19.3 s

2/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

nios.ac.in

2873 ms

reset.css

617 ms

nios-home.css

1288 ms

leftbar.js

963 ms

jquery.min.js

30 ms

Our browser made a total of 102 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 99% of them (101 requests) were addressed to the original Nios.ac.in, 1% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.9 sec) belongs to the original domain Nios.ac.in.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 305.1 kB (20%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Nios.ac.in main page is 1.6 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 64.9 kB

  • Original 75.6 kB
  • After minification 49.7 kB
  • After compression 10.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 25.9 kB, which is 34% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 64.9 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-10%

Potential reduce by 126.6 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.2 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. NIOS images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 98.1 kB

  • Original 141.9 kB
  • After minification 121.6 kB
  • After compression 43.8 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 98.1 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 15.4 kB

  • Original 19.0 kB
  • After minification 14.8 kB
  • After compression 3.5 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Nios.ac.in needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.4 kB or 81% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 55 (54%)

Requests Now

101

After Optimization

46

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 101 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NIOS. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

nios.ac.in

nios.ac.in

2873 ms

reset.css

reset.css

617 ms

nios-home.css

nios-home.css

1288 ms

leftbar.js

leftbar.js

963 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

30 ms

jquery.Scroller-1.0.min.js

jquery.Scroller-1.0.min.js

977 ms

jquery-1.1.3.1.pack.js

jquery-1.1.3.1.pack.js

1682 ms

jquery.history_remote.pack.js

jquery.history_remote.pack.js

923 ms

jquery.tabs.pack.js

jquery.tabs.pack.js

1230 ms

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

jquery-1.3.2.min.js

1932 ms

jquery.cycle.all.js

jquery.cycle.all.js

1971 ms

line-fade2.gif

line-fade2.gif

315 ms

line2.gif

line2.gif

323 ms

textMinus.gif

textMinus.gif

339 ms

standard.gif

standard.gif

310 ms

textPlus1.gif

textPlus1.gif

659 ms

white_on_black.gif

white_on_black.gif

659 ms

english.gif

english.gif

660 ms

hindi.gif

hindi.gif

675 ms

nios-logo.png

nios-logo.png

865 ms

nios-title2.png

nios-title2.png

913 ms

search_icon.gif

search_icon.gif

919 ms

search.png

search.png

940 ms

slide-back.png

slide-back.png

965 ms

slide-pause.png

slide-pause.png

1010 ms

slide-play.png

slide-play.png

1185 ms

slide-next.png

slide-next.png

1240 ms

moukvs.jpg

moukvs.jpg

2635 ms

commradio1.jpg

commradio1.jpg

3269 ms

nc1.jpg

nc1.jpg

2254 ms

nc3.jpg

nc3.jpg

2024 ms

ind1.jpg

ind1.jpg

2154 ms

tree%20palnt1.jpg

tree%20palnt1.jpg

2269 ms

commradio2.jpg

commradio2.jpg

2368 ms

nc2.jpg

nc2.jpg

2491 ms

nc4.jpg

nc4.jpg

2903 ms

rdgroup.jpg

rdgroup.jpg

2604 ms

tree%20palnt2.jpg

tree%20palnt2.jpg

3049 ms

gbmeet2.jpg

gbmeet2.jpg

3130 ms

aboutus.png

aboutus.png

2931 ms

departments.png

departments.png

2940 ms

programmes.png

programmes.png

3228 ms

results.png

results.png

3256 ms

important-links.png

important-links.png

3246 ms

new_window_external.gif

new_window_external.gif

3383 ms

contact-us.png

contact-us.png

3147 ms

blog.png

blog.png

3242 ms

swachh-bahart.png

swachh-bahart.png

3237 ms

pdf_icon.gif

pdf_icon.gif

3249 ms

new_window_icon.gif

new_window_icon.gif

3037 ms

video.png

video.png

3142 ms

photo.png

photo.png

3117 ms

songs.png

songs.png

3218 ms

play.gif

play.gif

3207 ms

stop.gif

stop.gif

3871 ms

arrow-right3a.png

arrow-right3a.png

3048 ms

arrow-down3.png

arrow-down3.png

3153 ms

Oerlogo.png

Oerlogo.png

3178 ms

student.png

student.png

3233 ms

online.png

online.png

3235 ms

study.png

study.png

3227 ms

email.png

email.png

3222 ms

indiagovin.gif

indiagovin.gif

3177 ms

valid-xhtml102.png

valid-xhtml102.png

2455 ms

wcag2AA.png

wcag2AA.png

2368 ms

yellow-bkgd1.png

yellow-bkgd1.png

2311 ms

arrow1.png

arrow1.png

2474 ms

transparent.gif

transparent.gif

2367 ms

yellow-bkgd2.png

yellow-bkgd2.png

2294 ms

arrow2.png

arrow2.png

2239 ms

gradient.gif

gradient.gif

2221 ms

orange-bkgd2.gif

orange-bkgd2.gif

1986 ms

arrow3.png

arrow3.png

2122 ms

b-curve1.gif

b-curve1.gif

2138 ms

b-curve2.gif

b-curve2.gif

2041 ms

b-curve3.gif

b-curve3.gif

2035 ms

b-curve4.gif

b-curve4.gif

2530 ms

b-curve1a.gif

b-curve1a.gif

1967 ms

b-curve2a.gif

b-curve2a.gif

2118 ms

b-curve3a.gif

b-curve3a.gif

2148 ms

b-curve4a.gif

b-curve4a.gif

2009 ms

leftNavLinks-bkgd.gif

leftNavLinks-bkgd.gif

2037 ms

grey-dot.gif

grey-dot.gif

1989 ms

grey-corner5.gif

grey-corner5.gif

2138 ms

grey-corner6.gif

grey-corner6.gif

2120 ms

grey-corner7.gif

grey-corner7.gif

2167 ms

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grey-corner8.gif

2085 ms

black-arrow.gif

black-arrow.gif

2102 ms

grey-corner1.gif

grey-corner1.gif

2150 ms

grey-corner2.gif

grey-corner2.gif

2136 ms

grey-corner3.gif

grey-corner3.gif

2179 ms

grey-corner4.gif

grey-corner4.gif

2008 ms

y-curve1.gif

y-curve1.gif

2039 ms

y-curve2.gif

y-curve2.gif

2026 ms

y-curve3.gif

y-curve3.gif

2120 ms

y-curve4.gif

y-curve4.gif

2098 ms

grey-bkgd.gif

grey-bkgd.gif

1983 ms

grey-curve1.gif

grey-curve1.gif

2013 ms

grey-curve2.gif

grey-curve2.gif

1976 ms

grey-curve3.gif

grey-curve3.gif

2000 ms

grey-curve4.gif

grey-curve4.gif

2082 ms

footer-shadow.png

footer-shadow.png

2092 ms

Accessibility Review

nios.ac.in accessibility score

90

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

nios.ac.in best practices score

50

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

nios.ac.in SEO score

69

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

robots.txt is not valid

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nios.ac.in can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Nios.ac.in main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

nios.ac.in

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of NIOS. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: