ABBREVIATIONS
 

        
        AICTE     All India Council of Technical Education
        CABE      Central Advisory Board of Education
        CIET      Central Institute of Educational Technology
        CTE       College of Teacher Education
        CTV       Colour Television
        DEC       Distance Education Council
        DIET      District Institute of Education and Training
        DOE       Department of Education
        DRU       District Resource Unit
        ECCE      Early Childhood Care and Education
        EFA       External Funding Agency
        ET        Educational Technology
        ETV       Educational Television
        GER       Gross Enrolment Ratio
        ICDS      Integrated Child Development Services
        IGNOU     Indira Gandhi National Open University
        IASE      Institution of Advanced Study in Education
        IIM       Indian Institute of Management
        IIT       Indian Institute of Technology
        INC       Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO
        IPCL      Improved Pace and Content of Learning
        ITI       Industrial Training Institute
        JSN       Jan Shikshan Nilayam
        MLL       Minimum Levels of Learning
        MHRD      Ministry of Human Resource Development
        NCERT     National Council of Educational Research and Training
        NIEPA    National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
        NGO       Non-governmental Organisation
        NLM       National Literacy Mission
        NPC       National Policy on Culture
        NPE       National Policy on Education
        POA       Programme of Action
        RCCP      Radio-cum-Cassette Player
        RPF       Revised Policy Formulations
        SC        Scheduled Caste
        SCERT     State Council of Educational Research and Training
        SIET      State Institute of Educational Technology
        ST        Scheduled Tribe
        TLC       Total Literacy Campaign
        UEE       Universalisation of Elementary Education
        UPE       Universalisation of Primary Education
        UGC       University Grants Commission
        
                                          

Education has continued to evolve, diversify and extend its reach and coverage since the dawn of human history. Every country develops its system of education to express and promote its unique socio-cultural identity and also to meet the challenges of the times. There are moments in history when a new direction has to be given to an age-old process. That moment is today.

The country has reached a stage in its economic and technical development when a major effort must be made to derive the maximum benefit from the assets already created and to ensure that the fruits of change reach all sections. Education is the highway to that goal.

-National Policy on Education, 1986