ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY
 

        
                              GER                          Gross Enrolment Ratio
        
                              MHRD                         Ministry of Human Resource Development
        
                              NCERT                        National Council of Educational Research and Training
        
                              NFE                          Non-Formal Education
        
                              NIEPA                        National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
        
                              PTR                          Pupil Teacher Ratio
        
                              SC                           Scheduled Caste
        
                              ST                           Scheduled Tribe
        
                              TLC                          Total Literacy Campaign
        
                              UT                           Union Territory
        
        
                              Block                        A spatial unit for Developmental Planning comprising about 100 vil-
                                                           lages and about 80,000 to 1,20,000 population
        
                              Government Schools           All schools run by the State or Central Government, public sector un-
                                                           dertakings and autonomous organisations completely financed by the
                                                           government
        
                              Gram Panchayat               Elected body responsible for local government of a village or cluster
                                                           of villages
        
                              Kuchcha                      Temporary construction
        
                              Local Body Schools           All schools run by Municipal Corporation, Municipal. Committees,
                                                           Notified Area Committees, Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samities, etc.
        
                              Open Space                   Without building
        
                              Panchayati Raj               Generally a three-tier structure of local self-government in rural areas
                                                           at the village, block and district level
        
                              Panchayat Samiti             Elected body responsible for local government at the block level
        
                              Private Aided Schools        All schools run by private organisations or agencies receiving main-
                                                           tenance grants from government or local bodies
        
                              Private Unaided-Schools      Ail schools managed by private organisations or agencies And not
                                                           receiving grants from government or local bodies
        
                              Taluka.                      A sub-division of district
        
                              Thatched                     A hut with a roof made out of dry hay/dry palm leaves
        
                              Zilla Parishad               District Council
        
                                                                                  

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