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OOSCI Global Out-of-School Children Initiative
ORF Oral Reading Fluency
PBS Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
PEMANDU Malaysia Performance Management and Delivery Unit
PIRLS Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA Programme for International Student Assessment
PPAF Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
PPDP Pre-service Professional Diploma Program
PPP Public Private Partnerships
PSLM Pakistan Social Living Standard Measurement
PTA Parent Teachers Association
PTR Student Teacher Ratio
QRF Queen Rania Foundation
QRTA Queen Rania Teacher Academy
RCT Randomized Control Trail
RSPs Rural Support Programs
RTI Research Triangle Institute
SACMEQ Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
SBMC School-Based Management Committees
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SMoE State Ministry of Education
SPM Secondary School Certificate Test
SSCE Senior Secondary Certificate Examination
SSS Senior Secondary School
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STPM Malaysia Certificate of Education (STPM)
SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board
TALIS Teaching and Learning International Survey
TDP Teacher Development Programme
TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TPR Teacher-Pupils Ratio
TVET Technical Vocational Training
UAE United Arab Emirates
UBE Universal Basic Education
UBEC Universal Basic Education Commission
UN United Nations
UNESCO United National Education Scientific Cultural Organization
UNESS National Education Support Strategy
UNICEF United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
UPE Universal Primary Education
UPSR Primary School Achievement Test
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WAEC West African Examination Council
WDI World Data Indicators
WIDE World Inequality Database on Education