Acronym Library
3ie
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
A2I
Access to Information
ABEP
Accelerated Basic Education Programme
ACCESS
Accelerating Change for Children’s and Youths’ Education through Systems Strengthening
ACE
Adult and Continuing Education (term used in Kenya)
ADB
Asian Development Bank
ADP
Annual Development Programme
AE
Accelerated Education
AENN
Addressing Education in Northeast Nigeria
AEP
Accelerated Education Programme
An accelerated education programme is a flexible, age-appropriate programme “that promotes access to education in an accelerated time frame for disadvantaged groups, over-age, out-of-school children and youth, and youth who missed out or had their education interrupted due to poverty, marginalization, conflict, and crisis” (INEE 2017)
AEPs
Accelerated Education Programmes
Accelerated Education Programmes
AEWG
Accelerated Education Working Group
AfDB
African Development Bank
AI
Artificial Intelligence
ALP
Accelerated Learning Programme
AP
Action Plan
ASC
Annual School Census
ASER
Annual Status of Education Report
ASPR
Annual Sector Performance Report
BCURE
Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence
BE2
Building Evidence in Education
BECS
Basic Education Community Schools
BISE
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
BLP
Basic Literacy Project
CAMFED
Campaign for Female Education
CAMPE
Campaign for Popular Education
CapED
Capacity Development for Education
CBC
Competency-Based Curriculum
CBCC
Community-Based Childcare Centre
CBE
Community-Based Education
CBLP
Community Based Learning Point
CERQual
Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research
CLC
Community Learning Centre
CPD
Continuous Professional Development
CREPS
Complementary Rapid Education for Primary Schools
CSE
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
CSO
Civil Society Organization
CSR
Country Status Report
CSS
Conventional Secondary School
DAS
Development Assistance Strategy
DCP
Data Collection Partner
DHS
Demographic Health Survey
DP
Development Partner
DPE
Directorate of Primary Education
DSHE
Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education
DSS
Direct Support to Schools
DTE
Directorate of Technical Education
DTED
Directorate of Teacher Education & Development
DYD
Directorate for Youth Development
ECCD
Early Childhood Care and Development
ECCE
Early Childhood Care and Education
ECD
Early Childhood Development
EDT
Education Development Trust
EEF
Education Endowment Fund
EFA
Education for All
EGMA
Early Grade Mathematics Assessment
EGMs
Evidence and Gap Maps
EGRA
Early Grade Reading Assessment
EIMU
Education Infrastructure Management Unit
ELCG
Education Local Consultative Group
ELDS
Early Learning and Development Standards
EMIS
Education Management Information System
EPDC
Education Policy and Data Centre
EQUALS
Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary School
EQUIP
Education Quality Implementation Program
ESA
Education Sector Analysis
ESIP
Education Sector Implementation Plan
ESP
Education Sector Plan
ESPDG
Education Sector Plan Development Grant
ESSA
Education Sub-Saharan Africa
ESWG
Evaluation Studies Working Group
EU
European Union
FBE
Free Basic Education
FCDO
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
FD
Finance Division
FDM
Foundation for Development Management
FGD
Focus Group Discussion
GBV
Gender-based violence
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEC
Girls’ Education Challenge
GEC II
Girls’ Education Challenge Phase II
GEC-T
Girls’ Education Challenge – Transition
GED
General Economic Division
GEEAP
Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel
GER
Gross Enrolment Rate
GESI
Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion
GIEN
Girls’ and Inclusive Education Network
GIRL Center
Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning Center
GIZ
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GNI
Gross National Income
GO
Government Organization
GPA
Grade Point Average
GPE
Global Partnership for Education
GPE KIX
Global Partnership for Education Knowledge Innovation Exchange
GPIA
Gender Parity Index (Adjusted)
GRADE
Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations
GTA
Gender transformative approach
Gender transformative approaches seek to challenge gender inequality by transforming harmful gender norms, roles and relations, while working towards redistributing power, resources, and services more equally (UNFPA 2023)
HEI
Higher Education Institutions
HEMIS
Higher Education Management Information System
HSC
Higher Secondary Certificate
HSP
Harmonized Stipend Program
HSTTI
Higher Secondary Teacher Training Institute
HT
Head Teacher
iBAS
Integrated Budget Accounting System
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
IDA
International Development Association
IE
Independent Evaluation
IECD
Integrated Early Childhood Development
IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute
IIEP-UNESCO
UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning
ILO
International Labor Organization
INCLUDE
Innovative and inclusive accelerated education programme for refugee and host community children
INEE
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies
INSET
In-Service Training
IP
Implementing Partner(s)
IPTE
Initial Primary Teacher Education
IPV
Intimate partner violence
IT
Information Technology
IWG
International Working group
JCE
Junior Certificate of Education
JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
JLN
Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage
KII
Key Informant Interview
LCFA
Learning Competency Framework and Approach
LCP
Learner-Centered Pedagogy
LFL
Learning for Life
LFPS
Low-Fee Private Schools
LFS
Labour Force Survey
LIFTED
Locally Inclusive Framework for Transforming Evidence into Education Decision-Making
The Locally Inclusive Framework for Transforming Evidence into Education Decision-Making is an evidence appraisal method aiming to improve policies and programmes by facilitating the analysis and synthesis of large quantities of diverse sources of evidence.
LIP
Local Implementing Partner
LLL
Lifelong Learning
LMIC
Lower Middle-Income Country
LNGB
Leave No Girl Behind
MBSSE
Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
M&E
Monitoring and Evaluation
MHM
Menstrual Hygiene Management
MICS
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
MIE
Malawi Institute of Education
MIS
Management Information System
MLE
Multi-lingual Education
MLMS
Mobile Learning Management System
MMAT
Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool
MoE
Ministry of Education
NEET
Not in Education, Employment or Training
NEP
National Education Policy
NER
Net Enrolment Rate
NESP
National Education Sector Plan
NFE
Non-Formal Education
NFEDP
Non-Formal Education Development Programme
NFMS EP
Non-Formal Middle School Equivalency Programme (Myanmar)
NFPE
Non-Formal Primary Education
NFPE EP
Non-formal Primary Education Equivalency Programme (Myanmar)
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NGPS
Non-Government Primary School
NIF
National Indicator Framework
NRP
National Reading Programme
NSA
National Student Assessment
NSS
National Statistical System
NTF
National Task Force
NTVQ
National Technical and Vocational Qualification
NTVQF
National Technical and Vocational Qualification Framework
ODA
Overseas Development Aid
ODeL
Open and Distance e-Learning
ODL
Open and Distance Learning
OECD
Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development
OERs
Open educational resources
OOS
Out of School
OOSC
Out-of-School Children
OOSCY
Out-of-School Children and Youth
OPD
Organisation of Persons with Disabilities
OYS
Out of School Youth
PACE
Pan-African Collective for Evidence
PAL Network
People’s Action for Learning Network
PASS
Primary Access through Speed Schools
PEAS
Promoting Equality in African Schools
PECE
Primary Education Completion Examination
PEDP
Primary Education Development Programme
PIRLS
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
An international assessment of reading comprehension among fourth graders.
PISA
Program for International Student Assessment
An OECD-led assessment measuring 15-year-olds’ abilities in reading, math, and science.
PPE
Pre-primary Education
PPP
Public-Private Partnership
A collaborative agreement between government and private sector for delivering public services, including education.
PRESET
Pre-Service Training
PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
PSLCE
Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education
PTC
Primary Teacher Certificate
PTI
Primary Training Institute
PTR
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
A machine learning approach that combines information retrieval with text generation, allowing AI models to fetch relevant external documents to improve the quality and accuracy of generated responses.
REAL
Research and Equitable Access and Learning
RELI
Regional Education Learning Initiative
ROSC
Reaching Out-of-School Children Project
RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning
RQ
Research Question
RRLF
Rapid Research and Learning Fund
SAPET
Sector Action Plan for Education and Technology
SBGBV
School-based gender-based violence
SCR
Student-Class Ratio
SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
SGBV
Sexual-and gender based violence
SIP
School Improvement Plan
SLIP
School Level Improvement Plan
SLO
Student Learning Outcome
SMC
School Management Committee
SPHE
Strategic Plan for Higher Education
SRH
Sexual and reproductive health
SSAP
Accelerated Schooling/Gateway Strategy
SSC
Secondary School Certificate
STDP
Secondary Teacher Development Policy
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STEP
Framework’ for Supporting Transitions through Evidence-Based Planning (STEP)
STR
Student-Teacher Ratio
SUMMA
Research and Innovation Laboratory in Education for Latin America and the Caribbean
SWG
Sector Working Group
TA
Technical Assistance
TEB
Technical Education Board
TEVET
Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Vocational Education and Training
Programs focused on equipping learners with practical job skills.
ToR
Terms of Reference
A document that outlines the scope, objectives, and deliverables of a task or project.
TQI
Teacher Quality Improvement in Secondary Education
TSC
Teaching Service Commission
TSP
Technical Support Partner
TTC
Teacher Training College
TTI
Teacher Training Institution
TVET
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF DMS
UNICEF Data Must Speak initiative (DMS)
UNICEF DMS
UNICEF Data Must Speak initiative (DMS)
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
VTI
Vocational Training Institute
WASH
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
WB
World Bank
WEIRD
Ways of Evaluating Important and Relevant Data
WTI
Windle Trust International