ABBBREVIATIONS
AE Adult Education CIIL Central Institute of Indian
Languages
AEC Adult Education Centre CIVE Central Institute of Vocational
AIEP Area Intensive Education Project Education
APEID Asia Programme for Educational CLASS Computer Literacy and Studies in
Innovations for Development Schools
APPEAL Asia Pacific Programme on CTE College of Teacher Education
Education for All
DAE Directorate of Adult Education
APPEP Andhra Pradesh Primary Education
Project DBE District Board of Education
BEP Bihar Education Project DIET District Institute of Education and
Training
CABE Central Advisory Board of
Education DPEP District Primary Education
Programme
CBSE Central Board of Secondary
Education DRU District Resource Unit
CEC Consortium for Educational ECCE Early Childhood Care and
Communication Education
CIEFIL Central Institute of English and ECE Early Childhood Education
Foreign Languages
EFA Education for All
CIET Central Institute of Educational
Technology EMRC Educational Media Research
Centre
CIICP Canada India Institutional
Cooperation Project GER Gross Enrolment Ratio
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GDP Gross Domestic Product MIS Management Information System
GNP Gross National Product MLLs Minimum Levels of Learning
GOI Government of India NAEP National Adult Education
Programme
HRD Human Resource Development NBT National Book Trust
IASE Institute of Advanced Study
in Education NCERT National Council of Educational
Research and Training
ICDS Integrated Child Development
Scheme NCTE National Council of Teacher
Education
IDA International Development
Agency NDC National Development Council
IEDC Integrated Education for the
Disabled Children NFE Non-Formal Education
IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open
University NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIEPA National Institute of Educational
IIM Indian Institute of Management Planning and Administration
IISc. Indian Institute of Science NIH National Institute of Handicapped
ISTE Indian Society for Technical NLM National Literacy Mission
Education
NOS National Open School
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
NPE National Policy on Education
IPCL Improved Pace and Content of
Learning NPEP National Policy on Education
Programme
JSN Jana Shikshan Nilayam
OB Operation Blackboard
MDR Mid Decade Review
ODA Overseas Development
MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Administration
Development
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PIED Project on Integrated Education for SOPT Special Orientation Programme for
the Disabled Teachers
PL Post Literacy SRC State Resource Centre
PMOST Programme for Mass Orientation ST Scheduled Tribe
of School Teachers
TLC Total Literacy Campaign
POA Programme of Action
TTTI Technical Teacher Training Institute
PREAL Project Radio Evaluation in Adult
Education' TV Television
PROPEL Promoting Primary and Elementary UEE Universalisation of Elementary
Education Education
REC Regional Engineering College UGC University Grants Commission
RIC Regional Institutes of Education UNDP United Nations Development
Programme
SAC Space Application Centre
UNESCO United Nations Educational,
SC Scheduled Caste Scientific and Cultural
Organisation
SCERT State Council of Educational
Research and Training UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population
Activities
SIDA Swedish International Development
Agency UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
SIEMT State Institute of Educational UPE Universal Primary Education
Management and Training
UT Union Territory
SIET State Institute of Educational
Technology VEC Village Education Committee
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