ABBREVIATIONS
 

        
             CABE      Central Advisory Board of Education
        
             DAE       Directorate of Adult Education
        
             DIET      District Institute of Education and Training
        
             DRU       District Resource Unit
        
             GER       Gross Enrolment Ratio
        
             ICMR      Indian Council of Medical Research
        
             IPCL      Improved Pace and Content of Learning
        
             JSN       Jan Shikshan Nilayam
        
             KVK       Krishi Vigyan Kendra
        
             MHRD      Ministry of Human Resource Development
        
             MLL       Minimum Levels of Learning
        
             NAEP      National Adult Education Programme
        
             NCERT     National Council for Education Research and Training
        
             NDC       National Development Council
        
             NFE       Non-Formal Education
        
             NGO       Non-Government Organisation
        
             NlAE      National Institute of Adult Education
        
             NIEPA     National Institute of Educational Planning &      
                       Administration
        
             NPE       National Policy on Education
        
             OB        Operation Blackboard
        
             POA       Programme of Action
        
             RFLP      Rural Functional Literacy Project
        
             SC        Scheduled Caste
        
             SCERT     State Council for Education Research and Training
        
             SEOTC     Social Education Organizers' Training Centre
        
                                          

        
        
             SRC       State Resource Centre
        
             ST        Scheduled Tribe
        
             TLC       Total Literacy Campaign
        
             UEE       Universalization of Elementary Education
        
             UPE       Universal Primary Education
        
             VEC       Village Education Committee
        
             ZSS       Zila Saksharata Samiti