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AKU Aga Khan University

MTDF Medium Term Development Framework

B. Ed.Bachelor of Education

NAVTEC National Vocational & Technical Education Commission

B. Sc. Bachelor of Science

NCHD National Commission for Human Development

B. A. Bachelor of Arts

NEAS National Education Assessment System

Dip.Ed Diploma in Education

NEC National Education Census

DEO District Education Officer

NEF National Education Foundation

DPI Director of Public Instructions

NEMIS National Education Management Information System

ECE Early Childhood Education

NEP

National Education Policy

EDO

Executive District Officer

NEPR

National Education Policy Review

EFA

Education for All

NER

Net Enrolment Ratio

EMIS

Educational Management and

Information System

NFBE Non Formal Basic Education

EOY

End of Year

NFE Non- Formal Education

FATA

Federally Administered Tribal

Areas

NQF National Qualifications Framework

FMIS

Financial Management Information

System

NWFP North West Frontier Province

FTI

Fast Track Initiative

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development

GCI

Global Competitive Index

P&P

Policy and Planning (Wing)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

PEACE

Provincial Education Assessment Centre

GER

Gross Enrolment Ratio

PEC

Pakistan Engineering Council

GMR

Global Monitoring Report

Ph. D.

Doctor of Philosophy

GoP Government of Pakistan

PISA

Programme for International Student

Assessment

GPI Gender Parity Index

PM&DC

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

HDI

Human Development Index

PMIS

Personnel Management Information

System

HDR Human Development Report

PPP Public Private Partnerships

HEC

Higher Education Commission

PTA

Parent Teachers Association

HIV/A

IDs

Human Immunodeficiency

Virus/Acquired Immune

Deficiency Syndrome

PTR

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

HRD

Human Resource Development R&D Research and Development

ICT

Islamabad Capital Territory

SIP School Improvement Plan

ICTs

Information Communication

Technologies

SMC School Management Committee

IED Institute for Educational

Development (AKU)

STEPS Students, Teachers, Educationists, Parents

and Society

IPEMC

Inter-Provincial Education

Ministers' Conference

TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and

Science Study

LGOs

Local Government Ordinances

TVE Technical & Vocational Education

LSBE

Life Skills-Based Education

UN United Nations

MDA

Mid-Decade assessment

UNDP United Nations Development Program

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

MoE

Ministry of Education

UPE

Universal Primary Education

MoSW

&SE

Ministry of Social Welfare and

Special Education

USAID

United States Agency for International

Development

MSP Minimum Standard of Provision

WB World Bank......