Abbreviations
- AI Accreditation Institution
- AC Advisory Council
- AEC Adult Education Centre
- AESDC Adult Education and Skill Development Centres
- AICTE All India Council for Technical Education
- AIDS/STD Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/ Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- AISHE All India Survey of Higher Education
- AIU Association of Indian Universities
- AU Agriculture University
- AYUSH Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
- B.A. Bachelor of Arts
- B.Ed Bachelor of Education
- B.Sc. Bachelor of Science
- B.Voc Bachelor of Vocation
- BA Binary Accreditation
- BCI Bar Council of India
- BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- BEO Block Education Officer
- BLA Bachelor of Liberal Arts
- BLE Bachelor of Liberal Education
- BoG Board of Governors
- BRC Block Resource Centre
- CAD/CAM Computer-Aided Design/ Computer-Aided Manufacturing
- CBCS Choice Based Credit System
- CDAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- CEP Continuing Education Programme
- CESD Central Educational Statistics Division
- CFTI Centrally Funded Technical Institutions
- CHC Community Health Centre
- CIAE Central Institute of Adult Education
- CIET Central Institute of Educational Technology
- CNE Continuing Nursing Education
- CPD Continuous Professional Development
- CRC Cluster Resource Centre
- CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
- CSTT Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology
- CTE College of Teacher Education
- CU Central Universities
- CWSN Children With Special Needs
- DAE Department of Atomic Energy
- DARE Department of Agricultural Research and Education
- DBT Department of Biotechnology
- DCI Dental Council of India
- DEC District Education Council
- DEO District Education Officer
- DIET District Institute of Education and Training
- DSE Directorate of School Education
- DST Department of Science and Technology
- DTE Department of Technical Education
- EC Executive Council
- ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education
- ED Executive Director
- EMT-B Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic
- FOSSEE Free and Open Source Software in Education
- GA Graded Accreditation
- GDA General Duty Assistants
- GDP Gross Domestic Product
- GEC General Education Council
- GER Gross Enrollment Ratio
- GNM General Nursing and Midwifery
- GoI Government of India
- HBCSE Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
- HEGC Higher Education Grants Council
- HEI Higher Education Institutions
- HRDC Human Resource Development Centre
- IAF Institutional Accreditation Framework
- IAS Indian Academy of Sciences
- IASE Institute of Advanced Studies in Education
- IB Independent Board
- ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICDS Integrated Child Development Services
- ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research
- ICT Information and Communication Technology
- IDP Institutional Development Plan
- IIEC India International Education Centre
- IILA Indian Institute of Liberal Arts
- IIT Indian Institute of Technology
- INAE Indian National Academy of Engineering
- INC Indian Nursing Council
- INI Institutions of National Importance
- INSA Indian National Science Academy
- InSCED Indian Standard Classification of Education
- ISCO International Standard Classification of Occupations
- ISL Indian Sign Language
- ITI Industrial Training Institute
- IUC Inter-University Consortium
- JRMB Joint Review and Monitoring Board
- KGBV Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
- LMIS Labour Market Information System
- LSS Licence to Start a School
- MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- MCI Medical Council of India
- MERU Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities
- MHFW Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development
- MN Mission Nalanda MoE Ministry of Education
- MOOC Massive Open Online Course
- MOU Memorandum of Understanding
- MSDE Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MT Mission Takshashila
- MWCD Ministry of Women and Child Development
- NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council
- NAS National Achievement Survey
- NASI National Academy of Sciences, India
- NATP National Adult Tutors Programme
- NCC National Cadet Corps
- NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training
- NCF National Curriculum Framework
- NCFAE National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education
- NCTE National Council for Teacher Education
- NCVET National Council for Vocational Education and Training
- NCVIE National Committee for the Integration of Vocational Education
- NDF National Doctoral Fellow
- NEC National Education Commission
- NEET National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
- NETF National Educational Technology Forum
- NGO Non Governmental Organisation
- NHEQF National Higher Education Qualifications Framework
- NHERA National Higher Education Regulatory Authority
- NIEPA National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration
- NIOS National Institute of Open Schooling
- NIT National Institutes of Technology
- NITI Aayog National Institution for Transforming India
- NLM National Literacy Mission
- NLP Natural Language Processing
- NMC National Medical Commission
- NMEICT National Mission on Education through
- ICT NPDF National Post Doctoral Fellow
- NPSDE National Policy on Skills Development and Entrepreneurship
- NQR National Qualifications Register
- NRED National Repository of Educational Data
- NRF National Research Foundation
- NROER National Repository of Open Educational Resources
- NSDA National Skill Development Agency
- NSDC National Skill Development Corporation
- NSQF National Skills Qualifications Framework
- NSS National Service Scheme
- NTA National Testing Agency
- NTP National Tutors Programme
- OBC Other Backward Classes
- ODL Open and Distance Learning
- OER Open Educational Resources
- PHC Primary Health Centre
- PI Principal Investigator
- PM Prime Minister
- PSSB Professional Standard Setting Body
- PSSCIVE Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education
- PSUs Public Sector Units
- PTR Pupil Teacher Ratio
- QPs-NOS Qualification Packs - National Occupational Standards
- R&I Research and Innovation
- RCI Rehabilitation Council of India
- RIAP Remedial Instructional Aides Programme
- RIE Regional Institute of Education
- RjSA Rajya Shiksha Aayog
- RMSA Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
- ROI Return on Investment
- RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
- RSA Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog
- RSAAC RSA Appointment Committee
- RTE Act Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
- RUSA Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan
- SC Scheduled Caste(s)
- SCC Standing Committee on Coordination
- SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training
- SCMC School Complex Management Committee
- SDG Sustainable Development Goal
- SDP School Development Plan
- SEC State Education Commission
- SEZ Special Education Zone
- SHEC State Higher Education Council
- SIOS State Institutes of Open Schooling
- SKP Skill Knowledge Provider
- SMC School Management Committee
- SQAAF School Quality Assessment and Accreditation Framework
- SQAAS School Quality Assessment and Accreditation System
- SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- SSC Sector Skill Council
- SSDMs State Skill Development Mission
- SSRA State School Regulatory Authority
- SSS Simple Standard Sanskrit
- ST Scheduled Tribe(s)
- STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Design, and Mathematics
- STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- STS Sanskrit through Sanskrit
- SVE School of Vocational Education
- SWAYAM Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
- TEI Teacher Education Institution
- TET Teacher Eligibility Test
- TLC Total Literacy Campaign
- U-DISE Unified District Information System for Education
- UGC University Grants Commission
- ULB Urban Local Bodies
- UME Union Minister for Education
- URG Underrepresented Group(s)
- UT Union Territory
- VCI Veterinary Council of India
- VEI Vocational Education Institutions
- VESB Vocational Education Skills Board
- WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization