Literacy: Real options for policy and practice in India

Background paper prepared for the
Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2006
Literacy for Life
Literacy: Real options for policy and
Practice in India
Dr A Mathew
2005

This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2006 report. It has not been edited by the team.
The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the EFA Global Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The papers can be cited with the following reference: “Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2006, Literacy for Life”
March 2005
Abbreviations
AP: Andhra Pradesh
AS: Akshara Sangam
ASP: Akshara Sankranti Programme
AIES: Alternative and Innovative School
CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education
CE: Continuing Education
CEC: Continuing Education Centre
CLC: Community Learning Centre
DPEP: District Primary Education Programme
ECCE: Early Childhood Care and Education
EFA: Education for All
EFA-NPA: Education for All-National Plan of Action
EER: External Evaluation Reports
EGS: Education Guarantee Scheme
MHRD: Ministry of Human Resource Development
MP: Madhya Pradesh
NAEP: National Adult Education Programme
NLMA: National Literacy Mission Authority
NPE: National Policy on Education
NSSO: National Sample Survey Organization
PBS: Padna Badhna Samiti
PLP: Post Literacy Programme
SC: Scheduled Caste
SHG: Self-Help Group
SLMA: State Literacy Mission Authority
SSA: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
ST: Scheduled Tribe
UEE: Universalization of Elementary Education
WG: West Godavari
ZSS: Zilla Sakshratha Samiti