GLOSSARY
Anganwadis Centres for delivery of package of services under ICDS in a
village/urban slum.
Balwadis Day care centres for pre-school children.
Bihar Shiksha Bihar Education Project Council : An autonomous Registered
Pariyojana body constituted for implementing Bihar Education Project.
Parishad
Block A spatial unit for developmental planning comprising about
100 villages and about 80,000-120,000 population.
Dhumkuria An educational project for tribal area in the State of
Madhya Pradesh.
Doordarshan Indian Television
Jawahar Rozgar Employment Generation Scheme named after Pt. Jawaharlal
Yojana Nehru
Jan Shikshan Centre for People's Education serving a cluster of about 10
Nilayam villages with a population of about 5000.
Kerala Sastra
Sahitya Parishad A Non-governmental Organisation in the State of Kerala.
Lok Jumbish People's Movement: Project aimed at Education for All in the
State of Rajasthan.
Mandal A spatial unit of developmental planning comprising about
15-20 villages and about 10,000 population in the State of
Andhra Pradesh.
Mahila Samakhya Women's Collectives: Project on Education for Women's
Equality
Puduvai Arivoli
Iyakkam A Non-governmental Organisation in the Union Territory of
Pondicherry
Roopantar Project aimed at Education for All in the State of Madhya
Pradesh.
Shiksha, Karmi Educational Worker: Project being implemented in the State
of Rajasthan.
Shramik Vidhyapeeth Centre of learning for workers.
Taluka, A sub-division of district
Zila Parishad District Council.