Acronyms

AE – Adult Education

ATEO – Assistant Thana Education Officer

BANBEIS - Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics

BBS – Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

BMEB – Bangladesh Madrasha Education Board

BNFE – Bureau of Non-formal Education

BRAC – Bangladesh Academy for Rural Advancement

CBO – Community Based Organization

CCT - Conditional Cash Transfer

CE – Continuing Education

CELS – Child Education and Literacy Survey

CELSP – Continuing Education and Livelihood Skills Programme

CFE – Cash for Education

C-in-Ed – Certificate in Education

CLA – Continuous Learning Assessment

CPA - Continuous Pupil Assessment

CNEP – Comprehensive National ECCE Policy

CPE – Compulsory Primary Education

DAM – Dhaka Ahsania Mission

DFID – Department for International Development

DG - Director General

DNFE – Directorate of Non-formal Education

DPE - Directorate of Primary Education

DPEO – District Primary Education Officer

DPHE – Department of Public Health and Engineering

DPP – Development Project Proposal

DSHE - Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education 

ECCD – Early Childhood Care and Development

ECCE – Early Childhood Care and Education

ECDP - Early Childhood Development Programme

ECED - Early Childhood Education and Development

EFA – Education for All

ESTEEM – School through Enhanced Education Management

FCPE - Formal free and Compulsory Primary Education

FFE –Food for Education

FSSP - Female Secondary Stipend Programme

GDP – Gross Domestic Production

GOB – Government of Bangladesh

GPS – Government Primary School

HBP – Home based Programme 

ICDDRB – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Dieses Research, Bangladesh

ICDP – Integrated Community Development Project

IDEAL - Intensive District Approach to Education for All

IEC – Information, Education and Communication

IRR – Internal Rate of Return

LGED – Local Government Engineering Department

LGRDC – Local Government and Rural Development Council

MDG – Millennium Development Goals

M.Ed – Masters of Education

MEP – Mass Education Programme

MOE - Ministry of Education

MOPME – Ministry of Primary and Mass Education

MOWCA – Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

NAPE – National Academy for Primary Education

NCPE – National Committee on Primary Education

NCPME – National Council for Primary and Mass Education

NCTB – National Curriculum and Textbook Board

NFBE -  Non-formal Basic Education

NEC– National Education Commission

NFE -Non-formal Education

NGOs – Non Government Organizations

NPA - National plan of Action

OSA/Y – Out of School Adolescents and Youth

PEC – Project Evaluation Committee

PRSP – Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

PTA – Parents and Teachers Association

PEDP – Primary Education Development Programme

PLCE – Post Literacy and Continuing Education

PMED – Primary and Mass Education Division

RNGPS – Registered Non-Government Primary School

PSC – Primary School Certificate

PRSP – Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 

PTI – Primary Training Institute

ROSE – Reaching Out of School Children

SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SBEP – School Based ECCE Programme

SMC – School Management Committee

SSC – Secondary School Certificate 

SWAP - Sector Wide Approach

UN - United Nation

UNDP – United Nation Development Programme

UNICEF - United Nation International Children Emergency Fund

UNESCO - United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organization

UPE – Universal Primary Education

URC – Upazila Resource Centre

WCEFA – World Conference on Education for All

YALTP – Young Adults Literacy and Training Programme 

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