ACRONYMS AND INITIALS
AICTE All India Council of Technical Education
AP Andhra Pradesh
ASC Academic Staff College
CABE Central Advisory Board of Education
CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education
CDC Curriculum Development Centre
CHD Central Hindi Directorate
CIEFL Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages
CIIL Central Institute of Indian Languages
CIVE Central Institute of Vocational Education 373
CLASS Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools
CM Chief Minister
CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme
Dept. Department
DIET District Institute of Educational Technology
ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education
GNP Gross National Product
GOI Government of India
HRD Human Resource Development
ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICDS Integrated Child Development Scheme
ICME Indian Council of Medical Education
IEDC Integrated Education for the Disabled Children
IES Indian Education Service
IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
JSN Jana Shikshan Nilayam
KHS Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
MLL Minimum Levels of Learning
MNP Minimum Needs Programme
MP Madhya Pradesh
MS Mahila Samakhya
NCC National Cadet Corps
NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training
NCHE National Council of Higher Education
NCTE National Council of Teacher Education
NCVE National Council of Vocational Education
NDC National Development Council
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIEPA National Institute of Educational Planning and
Administration
NLM National Literacy Mission
NPE National Policy on Education, 1986
NPE 68 National Policy on Education, 1968
NPERC National Policy on Education Review Committee
NRI Non-Resident Indian
NSS National Service Scheme
NTS National Testing Service
NV Navodaya Vidyalaya
POA Programme of Action
REC Regional Engineering College
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R&D Research and Development
R.No. Recommendation Number (Number in the Report of the Committee
for Review of National Policy on Education,
1986: Recommendations)
SC Scheduled Caste 3n3
SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training
SCP Special Component Plan
SIE State Institute of Education
SIET State Institute of Educational Technology
SUPW Socially Useful Productive Work
SCVE State Council of Vocational Education
ST Scheduled Tribe
TGT Trained Graduate Teacher
TLC Total Literacy Campaign
TSP Tribal Sub-Plan
TV Television
UEE Universalisation of Elementary Education
UGC University Grants Commission
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Education Fund
UPE Universalisation of Primary Education
UT Union Territory
W&CD Women and Child Development
WCEFA World Conference on Education for All, Jomtien (Match, 1990)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
Acknowledgements iii
Acronyms and Initials v-vi
1. Introduction 1-3
2. Overview 4-6
3. Education and Women's Equality 7-8
4. Education of the Scheduled Castes, 9-11
Scheduled Tribes and Other
Educationally Backward Sections
5. Education of the Handicapped 12-13
6. Common School System 14-16
7. Navodaya Vidyalayas 17-20 33
8. Early Childhood Care and Education 21-24
9. Universalisation of Elementary Education 25-33
10. Adult and Continuing Education 34-37
11. Secondary Education 38-40
12. Vocationalisation of Education 41-44
13. Higher Education 45-51
14. Technical and Management Education 52-54
15. Languages in Education 55-56
16. Content and Process of Education 57-62
17. Teachers and Students 63-68
18. Management of Education 69-73
19. Resources for Education 74-75
Summary of Recommendations 76-86
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Appendices
I. Copy of Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education, Order No.F. 3-1/91-PN.I dated the 31st July, 1991
II. List of documents circulated to the Members of the CABE Committee on Policy
III. Secretariat of the CABE Committee on Policy
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