UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize
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The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize was created by the Government of the Republic of Korea in 1989.
The Prize honours the outstanding contribution made to literacy
by Sejong the Great (1397 - 1418/1450) who created the Korean alphabet Hangul
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The prize (consisting of a sum of US$20,000, a silver medal and a certificate) "rewards the activities of governments or governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) displaying merit and achieving particularly effective results in contributing to the promotion of literacy. It gives special consideration to the use and dissemination of mother-tongue languages in developing countries."
• Virtual Assisted Literacy Programme, The North Catholic University Foundation Antioquia - Colombia
2009
• Nirantar's project Khabar Lahariya India
• Tin Tua's Literacy and Non-Formal Education Programme Burkina Faso
2008
• People's Action Forum, Reflect and HIV/AIDS Zambia
• BBC-RAW (Reading and Writing) UK
2007
• TOSTAN Senegal
• The Children’s Book Project United Republic of Tanzania]
2006
• Youth and Adult Literacy and Education Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute of the Republic of Cuba (IPLAC) Cuba
• Mother Child Education Foundation Turkey
2005
• AULA Cultural Association Spain
• GOAL Sudan Sudan
2004
• Alfabetização Solidária (AlfaSol)] Brazil
• The Steering Group of Literacy Education in Qinghai Province China
2003
• Tembaletu Community Education Centre South Africa
• International Reflect Circle (CIRAC). A network of 350 NGOs and governmental agencies in 60 countries.
2002
• Egypt-based Regional Centre for Adult Education (ASFEC)] Egypt
• Bunyad Literacy Community Council (BLCC) Pakistan
2001
• Tianshui Education Commission, Gansu Province China
• Alfatitbonit/Alfa Desalin Project Haiti
2000
• Juvenile Education Iraq
• National Literacy and Basic Education Directorate Senegal
The Prize honours the outstanding contribution made to literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
by Sejong the Great (1397 - 1418/1450) who created the Korean alphabet Hangul
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
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The prize (consisting of a sum of US$20,000, a silver medal and a certificate) "rewards the activities of governments or governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) displaying merit and achieving particularly effective results in contributing to the promotion of literacy. It gives special consideration to the use and dissemination of mother-tongue languages in developing countries."
Recent Laureates
2010• Virtual Assisted Literacy Programme, The North Catholic University Foundation Antioquia - Colombia
2009
• Nirantar's project Khabar Lahariya India
• Tin Tua's Literacy and Non-Formal Education Programme Burkina Faso
2008
• People's Action Forum, Reflect and HIV/AIDS Zambia
• BBC-RAW (Reading and Writing) UK
2007
• TOSTAN Senegal
• The Children’s Book Project United Republic of Tanzania]
2006
• Youth and Adult Literacy and Education Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute of the Republic of Cuba (IPLAC) Cuba
• Mother Child Education Foundation Turkey
2005
• AULA Cultural Association Spain
• GOAL Sudan Sudan
2004
• Alfabetização Solidária (AlfaSol)] Brazil
• The Steering Group of Literacy Education in Qinghai Province China
2003
• Tembaletu Community Education Centre South Africa
• International Reflect Circle (CIRAC). A network of 350 NGOs and governmental agencies in 60 countries.
2002
• Egypt-based Regional Centre for Adult Education (ASFEC)] Egypt
• Bunyad Literacy Community Council (BLCC) Pakistan
2001
• Tianshui Education Commission, Gansu Province China
• Alfatitbonit/Alfa Desalin Project Haiti
2000
• Juvenile Education Iraq
• National Literacy and Basic Education Directorate Senegal
See also
- International Literacy Prizes
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- UNESCO Confucius Prize for LiteracyUNESCO Confucius Prize for LiteracyThe UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy recognizes the activities of outstanding individuals, governments or governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations working in literacy serving rural adults and out-of-school youth, particularly women and girls...
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