Annual Report 2009-10 Department of School Education & Literacy Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India Abbreviations I AASSRECS Association of Asian Social Science AIU Association of Indian Universities Ewseach Councils ALM Active Learning Methodology ABL Activity Based Learning ALW Adult Literacy Week ABV-IIITMG Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian AMU Maulana Azadc National Urdu Institute of Information University Technology and Management AoCs Agreements of Cooperation ACCC Association of Canadian Community College APEID Asia-Pasific Programme for Educational Innovation for ACCU Asia-Pasific Cultural Centre for Development UNESCO ASC Acadmic Staff College ACU Association of Commonwealth Universities ASCI Administrative Staff College of India ADEPTS Advancement of Educational Performance through Teacher ASIST Assistance for Strengthening of Support Infrastructure for Science & Technology AE Adult Education AVIs Accredited Vocational Institutes AEC ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE AVRC Audio-Visual Research Centre AEP Adolescence Educational Project BASE Bangalore Association for Science AICTE All India Council for Technical Education Education BE Budget Expenditure AIE Alternative and Innovative Education BEP Bihar Education Project AIEEE All India Engineering Entrance BEPC Bihar Educational Project Council Examination BGVS Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti AIELTA - All India English Language Testing Authority BITE Block Institute of Teacher Education AIIS American Institute of Indian Studies BITS Birla Institute of Technology and Science AIMMP Area Intensive and Madrasa Modernisation Programme BJVJ Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha AISES All India School Education Survey BLRC Block Level Resource Centres Abbreviations BMS Basic Minimum Services CEP Computer Education Plan/ Cultural Exchange Progreamme BOAT Board of Apprenticeship Training II CES Committee of Education BPL Below Poverty Line Secretaries BRAOU BR Ambedkar Open University CESCI Centre for Experiencing Cultural BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Interaction CABE Central Advisory Board of CGI Consulate-General of India Education CGPA Cumulative Grade Point Average CAC Central Apprenticeship Council CHD Central Hindi Directorate CBR Community-Based Rehabilitation CICT Central Institute of Classical Tamil CBSE Central Board of Secondary CIDA Canadian International Education Development Agency CCA Certificate Course in Computer CIEFL Central Institute of English and Applications Foreign Languages CCE Continuous and Comprehensive CIET Central Institute of Educational Evaluation/ Centre for Continuing Technology Education CIIL Central Institute of Indian CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Languages Affairs CIILP Canada-India Institute Industry CCF Continuous and Comprehensive Linkage Evaluation CIRE Centre for Insurance Research CCIs Correspondence Course Institutes and Education CCRT Centre for Cultural Resources and CISCE Council for Indian School Training Certificate Education CDC Curriculum Development Centre CIT Central Institute of Technology CDPO Community Development Project CIVE Central Institute of Vocational Officer Education CE Continuing Education CLAPS Children's Learning Acceleration CEAC Copyright Enforcement Advisory Programme for Sustainability Council CLASS Computer Literacy And Studies in CEC Continuing Education Centres Schools CEEP Cultural Educational Exchange CLIP Children's Language Improvement Programme Programme CEO Chief Executive Officer CLP Child Labour Project/Computer Annual Report 2009-10 Literacy Programme CMCHC Certificate in Maternal and Child CTEs College of Teacher Education Health Care CTP Computer Technician Programme CNIC Certificate in New Born and Infant III CTSA Central Tibetan School Care Administration COBSE Council of Boards of Secondary CVC Central Vigilance Commissioner Education CVO Chief Vigilance Officer COL Commonwealth of Learning DA Dearness Allowance CPCC Commission Planning and Costing Committee DAE Directorate of Adult Education CPE Colleges with Potentical DAR&PG Department of Administrative Excellence Reforms & Public Grievances CPGRAMS Centralized Public Grievances DBT Department of Bio-Technology Readers and Monitoring System DEC Distance Education Council CPIO Central Public Information Officercic DEEP District Elementary Education Plans CPP Centre for Public Policy DFG South Africa, German Research CPSC Colombo Plan Staff College for Foundation, Germany Education DFID Department for International CPWD Central Public Works Department Development CRC Computer Ready Copy/ Cluster DIET District Institute of Education and Resource Centre Training CRPA Centre for Research, Planning and DISE District Information System for Action Education CS Cabinet Secretary/Company DIU District Implementation Unit Secretary DoNER Development of North-Eastern CSIR Centre for Scientific and Industrial Region Research DOPT Department of Personnel and CSM Centre Software Management Training CSS Central Secretariat Service DOS Department of Space CSTT Commission for Scientific and DPC District Programme Coordinator Technical Terminology DPE Diploma in Primary Education CT&E Centre of Testing & Evaluation DPEP District Primary Education CTE College of Teacher Education Programme Abbreviations DPG Directorate of Public Grievances EFA Education for All DPNER Development Projects for North EGS Education Guarantee Scheme IV Eastern Region EHV Education in Human Values DPR Detail Project Report/ District ELTI English Language Teaching Rehabilitation Centre Institute DRDA District Rural Development EMDP Entrepreneurship and Agency Management Development DRDO Defence Research and Programme Development Organisation] EMIS Educational Management DRU District Resource Unit Information System DS Day School EMPC ELECTRONIC MEDIA PRODUC TION CENTRE DSEL Department of School Education and Literacy EMRC Educational Media Research Centre DTP Desk Top Publishing EOC Equal Opportunity Cell DWCRA Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas EP Equivalency Programme EAP Externally Aided Project EQIP Educational Quality Improvement Programme EAR External Academic Relations ERC Expenditure Reforms Commission EB Educationally Backward ERIC Educational Research and EBB Educationally Backward Blocks Innovation Centre EC Executive Committee / European ESPS External Scholarship Processing Commission System ECCE Early Childhood Care and ESRC Economic and Social Research Education Council ECOWAS Economic Organization of West FAQ Fair Average Quality African States FCI Food Corporation of India Ed.CIL Educational Consultants India Ltd. FG Final Grant EDI Educational Development Index FICCI Fedration of Indian Chamber of EduSAT Education Satellite Commerce and Industry EE Elementary Education FIP Federation of Indian Publishers/ EEO Education Extension Officer Faculty Improvement Progamme EEP Education Exchange Programme FPM Fellowship Programme in Management Annual Report 2009-10 GAP Gujarat Achievement Profile ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research GATS General Agreement on Trade in ICPD International Conference on Services Population and Development V GATT General Agreement on Trade and ICPR Indian Council of Philosophical Tariff Research GBS Gross Budgetary Support ICRTA Centre for ODL in Research and Training in Agricultrue GER Gross Enrolment Ratio ICT Information and Communication GPF General Provident Fund Technology GVC Generic Vocational Course IDMI Infrastructurre Development in HBCSE Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Minority Institutions Education IDS Institute of Development Studies HEFS Human Ecology and Family Science IEA Indian Educational Abstracts HEPSN Higher Education for persons with IEDC Integrated Education for Disabled Special Needs Children HRA HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE IEDSS Inclusive Education for Disabled at HRM Human Resource (Development) Secondary State Minister IETE Institute of Electronics and HTTC Hindi Teachers Training Centre Telecommunication Engineers HTTI Hindi Teachers Training Institue IFC Information & Facilitation Centrenicnet IAMR Institute of Applied Manpower Research IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University IARCS Indian Association for Research in Computing Sciences IGNTU Indira Gandhi National Tribal University IASE Institute of Advanced Study in Education IGP Income Generating Programme IBE International Bureau of Education IIAS Indian Institute of Advanced Study IBO International Biology Olympiad IIEP International Institute of Educational Planning ICDS Integrated Child Development Services IIIT Indian Institute of Information Technologyh IChO International Chemistry Olympiad IIITM Indian Institute of Information ICHR Indian Council of Historical Technology and Management Research IILS International Institute of Labour Studies Abbreviations IIM Indian Institute of Management IPAI Institute of Public Auditors of India IIP Industry Institute Partnership IPhO International Physics Olympiad VI IIPA Indian Institute of Public IPR Intellectual Property Rights Adminstrationicn IPRS Indian Performing Right Society IIPCAT Institute for Professioinal Limited Competency Advancement of IPRs Protection of Intellectual Property Teachers through ODL Rights IISc Indian Institute of Science IRRO Indian Reprographic Rights IIT Indian Institute of Technology Organization IITD Indian Institute of Technology, ISBN International Standard Book Delhi Numbering IITG Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Indian School of Mines Guwahati ISRO Indian Space Research IITK Indian Institute of Technology, Organisation Kanpur