| AEPAM | Academy of Educational Planning & Management | 
| AJK | Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 
| ANER | Adjusted Net Enrollment Ratio | 
| ASC | Annual School Census | 
| BECS | Basic Education Community Schools | 
| BEF | Balochistan Education Foundation | 
| EDI | Education Development Index | 
| EFA | Education For All | 
| ETR | Effective Transition Rate | 
| FATA | Federally Administered Tribal Area | 
| GB | Gilgit-Baltistan | 
| GCI | Global Competitiveness Index | 
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | 
| GER | Gross Enrollment Ratio | 
| GIR | Gross Intake Ratio | 
| GPI | Gender Parity Index | 
| HDI | Human Development Index | 
| HEC | Higher Education Commission | 
| ICT | Islamabad Capital Territory | 
| KP | Khyber PakhtunKhwa | 
| KPESEF | KP Elementary & Secondary Education Foundation | 
| NAVTTC | National Vocation & Technical Training Commission | 
| NCHD | National Commission for Human Development | 
| NEC | National Education Census | 
| NEMIS | National Education Management Information System | 
| NEP | National Education Policy | 
| NER | Net Enrollment Ratio | 
| NERT | Net Enrollment Rate Total | 
| NFBE | Non-Formal Basic Education | 
| NIPS | National Institute of Population Studies | 
| NIR | Net Intake Rate | 
| OOSC | Out of School Children | 
| PBS | Pakistan Bureau of Statistics | 
| PCR | Pupil Classroom Ratio | 
| PTR | Pupil Teacher Ratio | 
| SEF | Sindh Education Foundation | 
| SELD | Sindh Education & Literacy Department | 
| SR | Survival Rate | 
| TTI | Teacher Training Institutions | 
| TVET | Technical & Vocational Education Training | 
| UA-K | Unadmitted-Katchi |