ABBRREVIATIONS
 

        
        
             CABE      Central Advisory Board of Education
        
             DIET      District Institute of Education and Training
        
             ECCE      Early Childhood Care and Education
        
             HRD       Human Resource Development
        
             NCERT     National Council of Educational Research and Training
        
             NFE       Non-formal Education
        
             NIEPA     National Institute of Educational Planning and 
                       Administration
        
             NPE       National Policy on Education
        
             PEC       Panchayat Standing Committee on Education
        
             POA       Programme of Action
        
             PRI       Panchayati Raj Institution
        
             PSEC      Panchayat Samiti Standing Committee on Education
        
             SABE      State Advisory Board of Education
        
             SCERT     State Council of Educational Research and Training
        
             SIE       State Institute of Education
        
             VEC       Village Education Committee
        
             ZPEC      Zilla Parishad Standing Committee on Education
        
                                          

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