AS : Alternative Schooling
Avg : Average
BAS : Baseline Assessment Studies
BRC : Block Resource Centre
CR : Completion Rate
CRC : Cluster Resource Centre
CWSN: Child With Special Needs
DIET : District Institute of Education and Training
DISE : District Information System for Education
DOR : Dropout Rate
DPEP : District Primary Education Programme
DRC : District Report Cards
Ed. CIL : Educational Consultants India Limited
EGS : Education Guarantee Scheme
EMIS : Educational Management Information System
GER : Gross Enrolment Ratio
GOI : Government of India
Govt. : Government
GPI : Gender Parity Index
M. Phil. : Master of Philosophy
MHRD : Ministry of Human Resource Development
NCERT : National Council of Educational Research and Training
NER : Net Enrolment Ratio
NIEPA : National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
No Res : No Response
No. : Number
NSSO : National Sample Survey Organisation
P + Sec./Hs. : Primary with Upper Primary & Secondary/Higher Secondary
P + UP : Primary with Upper Primary
P. Only : Primary Only
Pop. : Population
PR : Promotion Rate
Pr. : Primary
Pr./Prim. : Primary
PTR : Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Pvt. : Private
Recd : Received
RR : Repetition Rate
RTI : Right To Information
RTE : Right To Education
SC : Scheduled Castes
SCERT : State Council of Educational Research and Training
SCR : Student-Classroom Ratio
SDG : School Development Grant
Sec. : Secondary
SRC : State Report Cards
SSA : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
ST : Scheduled Tribes
Tch : Teachers
TLM : Teaching-Learning Material
TLM Grant : Teaching-Learning Material Grant
TR : Transition Rate
TSG : Technical Support Group
U.Prim./U.P : Upper Primary
U.P. Only : Upper Primary Only
UEE : Universalisation of Elementary Education
UP + Sec : Upper Primary with Secondary/ Higher Secondary
UPE : Universalisation of Primary Education