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