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close this bookContextualising Teaching and Learning in Rural Primary Schools: Using Agricultural Experience - Volume 1 - Education Research Paper No. 20 (DFID, 1997, 64 p.)
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Open this folder and view contents3. The state of primary school education in developing countries
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List of acronyms

ALPS

Active Learning through Professional Support Project

APPEP

Andhra Pradesh Primary Education Project

BEIRD

Basic Education Integrated into Rural Development

CAPE

Comprehensive Access to Primary Education

DfID

Department for International Development (formerly ODA)

EDURURAL

Northeast Basic Education Project

EFA

Education For All

EVAs

Emotions-Values-Aesthetics

GER

Gross Enrolment Ratio

GNP

Gross National Product

ICDR

Institute of Curriculum Development and Research

INSET

In-service Education and Training

NER

Net Enrolment Ratio

NGOs

Non-Governmental Organisations

NIE

National Institute of Education

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PEAP

Primary Education Assistance Project

PECR

Primary Education Curriculum Renewal

PROAP

(UNESCO) Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

PSA

Primary Schools Agriculture

PSEDP

Plantation Sector Education Development Programme

RPSs

Rural Primary Schools

SHAPE

Self-Help Action Plan for Education

SIMAC

National System of Human Resources Improvement and Curriculum Adaptation

SKP

Shilsha Karmi Project

TTI

Teacher Training Institute

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNICEF

United National Children's Fund