13 September 2001
UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI - NADEZDHA K. KRUPSKAYA –
INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION – NOMA – IRAQ – KING SEJONG AND
MALCOLM ADISESHIAH
List of prizes, Honourable mentions and Recognitions from 1967 to 2001
110 countries : ………………… 421 awards
11 international NGOs :………
17 awards
Total in 2001: ………………… 121 countries and NGOs – 439 awards
N.B.
Abbreviations : IRA – International Reading Association
HM – Honourable Mention
R - Recognition by the Jury
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. – Pahlavi
1975
H.M. - Krupskaya,
1986
Functional Literacy Project of the Agricultural Credit and Co-operatives Programme
(PACCA)
Democratic Women’s Organization
ALGERIA
H.M. - IRA
NOMA Prize
1995
1997
National Literacy Centre (CNA) Literacy Project for Women and Girls
Algerian Literacy Association ‘IQRAA’
ANGOLA
H.M. – Krupskaya H.M.
H.M. – Krupskaya
NOMA Prize
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. – Iraq
1971
1980
1981
1988
1991
H.M. – Noma
H.M. - Krupskaya
IRA Prize
H.M. – Pahlavi
R
R
R
1999
1974
1988
1969
1984
1989
1991
Angolan Women’s Organization
National Literacy Centre
National Literacy Committee
National Literacy Centre
National Union of Angolan Workers (UNTA) submitted by the World Federation of
Trade Unions
National Literacy Institute
National Directorate of Adult Education
National Literacy Plan
Summer Institute of Linguistics
Mr. Archibald Alexander Nelon
Workplace Basic Education Project
‘News on Wheels’
BAHAMAS
BANGLADESH
H.M. – IRA
H.M. – Noma
H.M. – Iraq
H.M. – Noma
R
H.M. - King Sejong,
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - King Sejong,
ADISESHIAH Prize
1999
1980
1983
1985
1989
1990
1992
1996
1998
Mrs. Zelma Ernestine Scavella DEAN
Bangladesh Association for Community Education
Village Education Resource Centre
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
Mr. Abul Qasem Sandwip
Pathakali Trust (Blooming Buds of the Streets)
Swanirvar Bangladesh (Self-Reliant Bangladesh)
Lalmonirhat Gana Shiksha Samiti (Lalmonirhat Mass Literacy Association)
Primary and Mass Education Division
BELGIUM
R
R
H.M. – Krupskaya
H.M. – Krupskaya
1986
1993
1974
1977
“Lire et écrire” programme
WABLIEFT-VOCB, Flemish for Assistance and Development of Basic Education
Mr. J. P. Grossenbacker
Mr. Bernard Sero Gauthier
AFGHANISTAN
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BENIN
2
Country
BOLIVIA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Iraq
1979
1990
Directorate of Literacy and Rural Press
Diocese of Abomey (Bishop Lucien Agboka)
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. – Pahlavi
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - Noma
ADISESHIAH Prize
H.M. – IRA
1974
1976
1979
1996
2000
1986
Radio ‘Fides’
Mr. Mariano Baptista, World Assembly of Youth (WAY)
Professor Mario Guzman Molina
Sistema de Autoéducación de Adultos a Distancia de Radio San Gabriel
Quechua-Castellano Bilingual Literacy Project on Reproductive Health
Girl Guides Association
PAHLAVI Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
PAHLAVI Prize
IRAQ Prize
H.M. - IRA
1968
1972
1975
1982
1983
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - King Sejong
H.M. - IRA
R
R
H.M. - King Sejong
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - King Sejong
R
H.M. – IRA
1984
1988
1992
1994
1995
1996
2000
2001
1977
1985
1989
1993
1996
1997
Basic Education Movement
Brazil Literacy Movement (MOBRAL)
Paûlo FREIRE (Brazilian candidate nominated by Belgium)
Programme of the Brazil Literacy Movement (MOBRAL)
The Barreirinho Project of the Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL) of the State of
Minas Gerais
Brazilian National Foundation on Books for Children Youth
Educar Foundation Basic Education Project Baixada Fluminense
Instituto de Educaçao Rural de Amazonas
Movimento de Educaçao de Base (MEB)
Confederation of Brazilian Women
BB- Educar Project of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
Literacy through Solidarity Programme
Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos et Apoio Comunitário (IBEAC)
Equality of Access to Education for Women and Girls
Brother Jean-Baptiste Bunkungu
National Institute of Literacy
National Literacy Institute
Operation ZANU - Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy
Operation ZANU
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Iraq
R
1978
1986
1993
The Mutual Aid and Development Centre
Department of Social Welfare
National Literacy Service (SNA)
3
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. - Noma
1998
National Literacy Service (SNA)
CAMBODIA
PAHLAVI Prize
1969
National Technical Literacy Committee
CAMEROON
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - Krupskaya
1985
1986
1990
Nufi Institution
International Linguistics Society
Centre National d’Education Populaire et de l’Alphabétisation, NKOLNDA
CANADA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. - IRA
IRA Prize
1977
1985
1988
1995
Frontier College, Basic Education of the Canadian Frontier
Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE)
Southam Incorporated
Community Academic Services Programme (CASP), Province of New Brunswick
CAPE VERDE
IRAQ Prize
1990
General Directorate of Non-Formal Education (DGEX)
CHAD
IRA Prize
1998
Directorate of Literacy and Promotion of National Languages (DAPLAN) (Direction
Nationale de l’Alphabétisation et de la Promotion des Langues)
CHILE
H.M. - Pahlavi
PAHLAVI Prize
1967
1973
H.M. - Noma
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Noma
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - IRA
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Noma
NOMA Prize
KING SEJONG Prize
R.
H.M. – King Sejong
H.M. - Adiseshiah
KING SEJONG Prize
1982
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1990
1991
1992
1995
1996
1999
2000
2001
Directorate of Special Plans for Adult Education
Emma Espina, Sergio Arevalo and Arnulfo Rubilar (authors of “Sugerencias para
Alfabetizacion”)
National Literacy Campaign
Bahzong District in Sichuan Province
Jilin Province
Wu Lien Country in Shandong Province
Women’s Association of Human Province
Songtao Miao Country of Guizhou Province
People’s Government of Xiping County, Henan Province
Heilongjiang Province
Education Commission of Xinjiang Uigur, Autonomous Region of China
All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF)
“231 Program” of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Farmer’s Literacy and Technical School of Wanbaoshan Township
Education Bureau of Shizong County, Yannan Province
Tianshui Education Commission, Gansu Province
CHINA
CHINA (Cont'd)
4
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
COLOMBIA
PAHLAVI Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Noma
IRA Prize
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - King Sejong
1970
1973
1977
1984
1986
1989
1995
Popular Action - Sutatenza School Radio
Adult Education Division
Functional Literacy Pilot Project at Risaralda
Permanent Education Programme of the Family Compensation Fund (CAFAM)
National Literacy Plan “Camina”
Association Dimension Educativa
Caja de Compensacion Familiar (CAFAM)
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
H.M. - IRA
H.M. - IRA
1981
1985
The Literacy Service of the National Office of Rural Promotion
Modern Language Teaching Methods Section of the Institute, Applied Linguistics of the
University of Abidjan
CUBA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Reading
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Iraq
1967
1972
1981
1982
1984
1986
National Council for Adult Education
The Technical Worker’s Collective, Department Adult Education
Federation of Cuban Women
Cuban Trade Union Confederation
Cuban National Association of the Blind
Fishing Fleet
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
NOMA Prize
H.M. – Krupskaya
KING SEJONG Prize
1970
1975
1981
1986
1991
1996
National Adult Literacy and Education Services
Directorate of Literacy and Lifelong Education
Research Centre for Adult Education
Literacy Revival Campaign
Post-Literacy Revitalization Project
Club UNESCO Dibwa Dia Ditumba
H.M. - Pahlavi
1973
High School Student’s Associations
DP CONGO (Cont'd)
DENMARK and
NORWAY
5
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC H.M. -Krupskaya
H.M. - Pahlavi
IRA Prize
R.
ECUADOR
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. - IRA
KING SEJONG Prize
1971
1976
1990
1997
1982
1983
1987
1995
EGYPT
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - King Sejong
KING SEJONG Prize
1973
1975
1987
1991
1992
1998
Ministry of Education and Fine Arts
Escuela Radiofonica Santa Maria
Universidad Central del Este (UCE)
Mr. Arsenio Ureña
Indigenous Education Research Centre (IERC)
Latin America Association for Education by Radio (ALER)
Bi-cultural Shuar System of Education by Radio
Pilot Literacy and Training for the Improvement of the Quality of Life of Rural Women
(PROCALMUC)
The Anti-illiteracy Programme by Radio
Abd El Tawah Youssef
Mrs. Aida Ahmed Shukry
Local Radio Network
General Directorate for Adult Education
General Authority for Literacy and Adult Education (GALAE)
EL SALVADOR
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - King Sejong
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. -Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya,
IRA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya,
H.M. - Noma
1992
1998
1967
1970
1973
1980
1982
1987
La Prensa Grafica (The Graphic Press)
Adult Literacy and Basic Education Programme (PAEBA)
National Literacy Campaign
Yemissrach Dimts Literacy Campaign
Ye Kotebe Berhane Amin Youth Association
Ethiopian Co-ordinating Committee for the National Literacy Campaign
Ethiopian Peasants Association
National Literacy Campaign Instructors
FRANCE
H.M. - Pahlavi
R
KING SEJONG Prize
1970
1984
1998
GABON
GERMANY
R.
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Iraq
R.
R.
1989
1974
1985
1994
1995
Liaison Committee for Literacy and Promotion
Professor Guy José Bretones
Permanent Illiteracy Eradication Group (Groupe Permanent de Lutte contre l’Illetrisme)
(GPLI)
Mrs. Henriette Monoumbokwa
Dr Roderich Thun
German Adult Education Association (DVV)
Reading and Writing Workshop for Literacy Students
Mrs. Monika Heigermoser, Volkshochshule Wuppertal (Adult Education Centre,
Wuppertal)
ETHIOPIA
6
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. - King Sejong
NOMA Prize
KING SEJONG Prize
R.
H.M. - Pahlavi
R.
H.M. - IRA
2001
1990
1991
1993
1968
1992
1993
Federal Literacy Association
Institute of Brothers
Institute of Adult Education, University of Ghana
Non-Formal Ed-division, Ministry of Education
Zoila Elvira and Juan Ricardo Ponce Amizquita (Officials in the Ministry of Education)
Alfabetizacion y Superacion Integral Cristiana (ALFASIC)
Comite Nacional de Alfabetizacion (CONALFA) (National Literacy Committee)
GUINEA
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
R.
IRA Prize
1972
1977
1980
1992
Alfa Sow, Society of African Culture
Telimele Regional Centre for Improving the Status of Women, Woroworodou Centre
Fouta Djallon Agricultural Rehabilitation Project
Ministry of Agriculture
HAITI
IRA Prize
1996
KING SEJONG Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Noma
H.M. – IRA
2001
1976
1978
1981
1998
H.M. – Noma
R.
1999
1996
Les petites Ecoles, oeuvre des pères Salésiens de Don Bosco, quartier de la Saline, Portau-Prince, Haiti (Mini-schools project in the Saline District)
Alfatitbonit/Alfa Desalin Project
Accion Cultural Popular Hondurena
General Directorate of Literacy and Adult Education
Professor Mannuel de Jesus Manzanares (Directorate General of Adult Education)
Education for All in the Morazánica School (Educación para Todos en la Escuala
Morazánica) (EDUCATODOS)
Literacy and Basic Education Programme for Adults and Youth (PRALEBAH)
Dr Attila Nagy
H.M. - Pahlavi,
H.M. - Pahlavi
PAHLAVI Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya,
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
R.
1969
1970
1972
1973
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1980
Bombay Social Education Committee
Literary House, Lucknow
Gram Shiksham Mohim
Mysore State Adult Education Council
National Federation of Indian Women
Bengal Social Service League
Kerala Grandsala Sangham (Libraries Association of the State of Kerala)
Directorate of Non-formal Adult Education
Seva Mandir (for the Development of Adult Education, Udaipur)
Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad
World Young Women’s Christian Association
GHANA
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDIA (cont'd)
7
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
IRA Prize
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
IRAQ Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Iraq
KING SEJONG Prize
1981
1982
1984
1985
1986
1988
1988
1990
R.
1990
NOMA Prize
KING SEJONG Prize
NOMA Prize
1991
1992
1993
H.M. - Noma
NOMA Prize
1993
1994
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Noma
INDONESIA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Reading
H.M. - Noma,
IRA Prize
H.M. - Iraq
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Iraq
INDONESIA (Cont'd)
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Noma
NOMA Prize
IRAN, Islamic Republic of H.M. - Krupskaya
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. – Noma
H.M. - King Sejong
Name of Winner
1999
2001
Department of Adult Education of the State of Bihar
Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu
Directorate of Adult Education for the State of Uttar Pradesh
Literacy Programme for Adults in the Maharashtra
Bengal Social Service League
Professor Ramlal Parikh (submitted by the Association for World Education)
Literacy House, Lucknow
Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat (KSSP) Trivandrum (Kerala Science Popularization
Movement)
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) submitted by the World Young
Women’s Christian Association
State Government of West Bengal
Puduvia Arivoli Iyakkam Pondichery, India
Indian National Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (INFUCA) submitted
by AFUCA
Bhavnagar Zilla Sakdsharta Samiti, India
Loreto Day School at Sealdah, Calcutta submitted by the Catholic International
Education Office (CIEO)
National Literacy Mission
Mahila Samakhya Programme: Education for Women's Equality
1971
1979
1981
1982
1986
1987
1988
1989
1991
1995
1970
1972
1974
1991
1998
Literacy Campaign in West Irian,
The Agency for the Development of Education in the Malang District
Dharma Wanita
Directorate of Community Education (PENMAS)
Central Java Province
Mrs Eriyah
Regency of Sumenep in East Java
Directorate of Community Education
Dr W. P. Napitupulu
PKK-Pembinaan Kesejahteraan-Keluarga (Family Welfare Movement)
Amir Birdjandi,
Education Corps
Mr. Mohammad Bahman Beighi
Literacy Mobilization Project of the Literacy Education Movement Organization
Continuing Literacy Groups Project of the Literacy Movement Organization
8
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
ADISESHIAH Prize
H.M. - Noma
H.M. – Krupskaya
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - IRA
H.M. - Noma
KING SEJONG Prize
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - King Sejong
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya,
H.M. – IRA
H.M. – King Sejong
1999
2000
1975
1979
1981
1982
1983
1986
2000
1996
2001
1967
1970
1982
1999
Corresponding Services Project, Literacy Movement Organization
Education Project for Out-of-School Girl Workers in Rural Areas
Institution for Workers’ Education
Supreme Council of the National Campaign for Compulsory Literacy of Iraq
Mr. Nail Mahmood Al-Saidi
General Federation of Trade Unions
General Federation of Women
General Federation of Peasant Association
Juvenile Education
TEHILA Integrated Adult Education Project
Adult Education Division, Ministry of Education
Francesco Salis (Primary School Teacher in Sardinia)
Anna Lorenzetto (President of the National Union for the Struggle against Illiteracy)
OPAM-Rome (Association for the Advancement of Literacy in the World)
Societa Umanitaria, Milan
JAMAICA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. – Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
KRUPSKAYA Prize
1968
1971
1976
1983
1989
Social Development Commission
Mrs. Marjorie Kirlew
Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL)
Mrs. Joyce Robinson
Jamaican Movement for Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL)
JAPAN
IRA Prize
1991
UNESCO Co-Action Learning Centre Movement submitted by the Asian Pacific
Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (AFUCA)
JORDAN
H.M. - Pahlavi
KING SEJONG Prize
1972
1993
Adult Education Section, Ministry of Education
Illiteracy Eradication and Adult Education Project, Ministry of Education
KENYA
IRA Prize
H.M. - Noma
R.
R.
1983
1993
1994
2001
Department of Adult Education of the Government
Kenya Adult Learners Association (Kala)
Literacy and Evangelism Fellowship
The Bible Translation and Literacy (E.A.)
KUWAIT
H.M. - Krupskaya
1971
Literacy Section
IRAQ
ISRAEL
ITALY
Name of Winner
9
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
LAO PEOPLE’S
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Noma
1985
1988
Xiengkho District
Literacy and Complementary Education Movement of Nhot Ngum Canton of Xieng
Khouang Province
LESOTHO
R.
KRUPSKAYA Prize
1980
1983
Distance Teaching Centre
Lesotho Distance Learning Centre
MADAGASCAR
H.M. – Krupskaya
R.
1984
1992
Directorate of Popular Education and Literacy
Anakavy Amin-Dreny Women’s Association of Vohipeno
MALAWI
IRA Prize
1994
National Centre for Literacy and Adult Education of Malawi
MALAYSIA
H.M. - Noma
1983
H.M. - Krupskaya
1991
Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka (National Language and Literature Planning and
Development Agency)
Youth Counselling Association
MALI
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
NOMA Prize
H.M. - King Sejong
1969
1972
1980
1993
Bambara Technical Commission
Kibaru (The News)
National Directorate of Functional Literacy and Applied Linguistics
Mrs. Lalla Ben Barka, submitted by the International Council for Adult Education
(ICAE)
MAURITANIA
R.
IRAQ Prize
H.M. – Krupskaya
IRA Prize
1980
1989
1970
1984
H.M. – Krupskaya
R.
NOMA Prize
1987
1992
1996
El Hadj Mahmoud Ba
Secretariat of States for Literacy and Origin Oriented Education
Mobile Rural Schools
Instituto Nacional para la Educación de Los Adultos (INEA) (National Institute for
Adult Education)
Instituto Nacional para la Educación de Los Adultos (INEA)
Instituto Nacional para la Educación de Los Adultos (INEA)
Cruzada Estatal para la Educación de Los Adultos (Hidalgo State Government)
MONGOLIA
KRUPSKAYA Prize
1970
Language and Literature Institute of the Academy of Sciences
MOROCCO
H.M. – Pahlavi
1967
Moroccan League for Basic Education and the Campaign against Illiteracy
MEXICO
10
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
IRA Prize
H.M. - IRA
IRAQ Prize
H.M. – IRA
H.M. Adiseshiah
H.M. - IRA
1985
1986
1988
1997
2001
1988
Literacy and Adult Education Division
Pre-vocational Training Programme
Ministry of Handicrafts and Social Affairs
Association ‘Ribat Al Fath’
Ministère des Pêches Maritimes
Manica Provincial Literacy Service
MYANMAR
PAHLAVI Prize
NOMA Prize
1971
1983
General Literacy Supervisory and Co-ordination Committee
Literacy Movement
NAMIBIA
H.M. - Iraq
1991
R.
1994
Mrs. Pashukeni Shoombe submitted by the Women’s International Democratic
Federation
National Literacy Programme
NEPAL
H.M. - Pahlavi
1969
Nepal Women’s Organization
NETHERLANDS
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - IRA
1987
1990
National Institute for Study and Development of Adult Education
Mrs. Mieke Starmans
NEW ZEALAND
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - IRA
R.
H.M.- King Sejong
IRA Prize
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. – Iraq
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Noma
R.
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - IRA
1988
1995
1997
2000
2001
1980
1982
1986
1987
1989
1995
Mr. Michael Marquet
Waitakere WEA Adult Literacy
National Association of ESOL Home Tutor Scheme
Literacy Aotearoa. Including
Workbase, the National Centre for Workplace Literacy and Language
Nicaraguan National Literacy Campaign
Popular Basic Adult Education Post-Literacy Programme of Nicaragua
Carlos Fonseca Amador
Adult Literacy and Adult Education Programme of the Town of Sandino
Operativo ‘Sandino Vive’ Literacy Campaign
CARITAS de Nicaragua - Integral Literacy and Basic Education Programme
Programme of Adult Literacy and Basic Education in Nicaragua (PAEBANIC)
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - IRA
R.
1980
1987
1989
Literacy Training Centre
Post-Literacy Activities of the Tillaberi Province
Mr. Mahaman Maido
MOZAMBIQUE
NICARAGUA
NIGER
11
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
KING SEJONG Prize
H.M. – Iraq
H.M. – IRA
IRA Prize
H.M. - Reading
H.M. - King Sejong,
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - King Sejong
R.
H.M. – Adiseshiah
1999
1983
1984
1989
1990
1991
1992
1994
1997
1999
Directorate for Adult Literacy and Training, Ministry of National Education
Kano State Agency for Mass Education
Adult and Continuing Education Division of the Cross River State
Adult Education Department, University of Ibadan
Kano State Agency for Mass Education
Borno State Government
Bauchi State Government
Agency for Adult and Non-Formal Education of Sokoto State
University Village Association (UNIVA), University of Ibadan
University Village Association (UNIVA), University of Ibadan
PAKISTAN
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
PAHLAVI Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - IRA
NOMA Prize
H.M. - Noma
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Noma
R.
1968,
1969
1974
1976
1984
1988
1989
1991
1992
1995
PANAMA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. – IRA
R.
1975
1979
1997
All Pakistan Women’s Association
Association of Pakistani Guides
Pakistan’s Women Association
National Farm Guide Council
Adult Basic Education Society (ABES), Gujranwala
AllamaIqbal Open University, Islamabad
Pakistan Girl Guides Association
Adult Basic Education Society (ABES), Gujranwala
National Education and Training Commission
Directorate of Literacy and Non-Formal Education, Social Welfare Department,
Balochistan
Panamanian Workers’ National Trade Union
General Directorate of Literacy Training and Adult Education
Ngäbe Bilingual Literacy Project in Eastern Chiriqui Province
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
IRA Prize
R.
IRA Prize
H.M. - Pahlavi, and H.M.
–Krupskaya
KRUPSKAYA Prize
IRAQ Prize,
H.M. – Krupskaya
1979
1980
1997
1976
NIGERIA
Name of Winner
NORWAY (see Denmark)
PERU
PERU (cont’d)
1979
1983
1990
Branch of the Summer Institute of Linguistics
Department of Literacy and Adult Education
Don Bosco Roga Project of the Salesian Society of Paraguay
Special Posthumous, Honorary Distinction was awarded exceptionally to Professor
Augusto Salazar Bondy
People’s Union of Peruvian Women
Alfalit
General Directorate of Adult Education
12
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
H.M. – Noma
KING SEJONG Prize
H.M. – Krupskaya
H.M. – IRA
R.
R.
H.M. – IRA
R.
1997
1999
1973
1986
1990
1991
1993
1994
KING SEJONG Prize
1997
NOMA Prize
2000
National Literacy Programme, Ministry of Education
Ministry for the Promotion of Women and Human Development (PROMUDEH)
Adult and Community Education Division
Non-Graded Mobile Tent School of the Cagayan Valley
Senator (Mrs.) Santanina Tillah Rasul
Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL)
Operation Brotherhood
Non-Formal Education Division, Department of Education, Regional I. San Fernando,
La Union
Notre Dame Foundation for Charitable Activities Inc’s ‘Women in Enterprise
Development’ (WED) Programme
Bureau of Non-Formal Education: Accreditation and Equivalency System
POLAND
R.
1992
Workers Primary School in Poznan
PORTUGAL
H.M. - Noma
R.
H.M. - Noma
1995
1996
1997
Regional Directorate of Education Centre Region (DRE)
Departamento de Educaçào Básico, Ministerio da Educaçao
João de Deus Kindergarten Association
RWANDA
H.M. - Pahlavi
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - IRA
R.
KING SEJONG Prize
1970
1974
2001
1991
1996
H.M. – Noma
1998
Radio University of Gitarama
Shyorongi Community Development Circle (CEDECOS)
Association des Eglises de Pentecôte du Rwanda
Mr. Sulaiman Bin Hassan Al Zuhair
Culture and Education Department of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defense and
Aviation
General Presidency for Girls’ Education
SEYCHELLES
R.
H.M. – IRA
KING SEJONG Prize
M. ADISESHIAH Prize
R.
1992
1996
2000
2001
1991
Ministry of Literacy and National Languages
Directorate of Direction Literacy and Basic Education
National Literacy and Basic Education Directorate
Direction de l'Alphabétisation et de l'Education de Base (DAEB)
Ms. Dora Ernesta
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
H.M. – Pahlavi
KRUPSKAYA Prize
1974
1975
Provincial Literature Bureau and Bunumbu Press, BO
Abidirizak Mohamoud Abukar
PHILIPPINES
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
Name of Winner
13
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. – Krupskaya\
1976
H.M. – Iraq
1989
H.M. – IRA
H.M. – Pahlavi
IRA Prize
H.M. - King Sejong
R.
H.M. – IRA
R.
H.M. – King Sejong
1999
1968
1987
1991
1992
1994
1995
1996
R.
H.M. - IRA
1997
1998
English Resource Unit
National Adult Literacy and Cultural Promotion Campaign
Literacy Programme of the Autonomous Andalusian Government
Gypsy Youth and Adult Literacy and Continuing Education Project Team
Trabajadores extranjeros Cataluna
Workers’ Training Centre in Las Delicias, Zaragoza
Universidad Popular de Leganés-UPL
‘Leer es Libertad’ proyecto del Aula Educativa del Centro Penitenciaro de Mujeres de
Carabanchel
Federation of Adult Education Groups of Valladolid (FeCEAV) Project
Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (LJSSS)
SUDAN
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
1970
1973
1974
Union of Sudanese Women
Community Development Centre of Shendi
Gezira Project Adult Education Institute
SWAZILAND
IRA Prize
1993
Sebenta National Institute
SWITZERLAND
H.M. - Krupskaya
1974
SYRIAN ARAB
REPUBLIC
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
R.
R.
R.
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - Adiseshiah
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - IRA
1976
1978
1986
1991
1994
1995
1996
1998
1972
1979
1985
Mr. J. P. Grossenbacher (expert from the Swiss Technical Co-operation Programme,
proposed by DAHOMEY)
Literacy Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture
Syrian Federation of Women
Miss Ghada ALJABI
General Union of Workers’ Association
Women’s General Federation
Women’s General Federation (GFWSAR)
General Federation of Women (GFW)
Teachers’ Guild
Department of Elementary and Adult Education
Functional Literacy Programme, Adult Education Division
Department of Non-Formal Education
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
THAILAND
Somali Women’s Organization nominated by the Women’s International Democratic
Federation
Institute of Women’s Education
14
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
NOMA Prize
H.M. - IRA
H.M. - Noma
H.M. - Noma
1987
1989
1990
1994
Thai National Literacy Campaign
Border Police Patrol School
Association of Thai Government Scholarship Students
Hill Areas Education Project
H.M. – Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
PAHLAVI Prize
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. - Noma
KING SEJONG Prize
1969
1975
1976
1984
1986
1997
Pastor Charles T. Hein
National Service for Literacy
Pastor Jacques Kofi Adzomada
Literacy Programme for Togolese Women and Girls
The late Mr. Amadou K. Kankpe-Kombath
Togolese Cotton Company (SOTOCO)
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO R.
1990
Reading Facilitators of the Reading Project of the Ministry of Education
TUNISIA
H.M. – Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
KING SEJONG Prize
1969
1970
1994
Adult Education Institute
Educational Radio-Television Team
National Union for Tunisian Women (UNFT)
TURKEY
H.M. - Iraq
IRAQ Prize
H.M. - Iraq
H.M. - King Sejong
1982
1984
1987
1997
Literacy Campaign
Literacy Campaign
Literacy Programme for the Blind
General Directorate of Apprenticeship and Non-Formal Education, Ministry of National
Education
UGANDA
H.M. - Adiseshiah
1998
Ministry of Gender and Community Development
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
H.M. - Pahlavi
1978
The Literacy and Adult Education Section of the Ministry of Education and Youth
H.M. - IRA
H.M. – Noma
IRA Prize
1981
1984
1999
‘On The Move’ Project of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU)
Family Literacy Programme, Basic Skills Agency
UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA
PAHLAVI Prize
KRUPSKAYA Prize
PAHLAVI Prize
1967
1973
1978
Pupils of the Tabora Girl’s Secondary School
West Lake Region Literacy Project
Mwanza Functional Literacy Project
TOGO
TURKEY (Cont'd)
15
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. - Krupskaya
IRAQ Prize
H.M. – IRA
H.M. - King Sejong
1982
1987
1991
1995
Directorate of Adult Education
Folk Development Colleges
Tanzania Rural Press
Family Planning Association of Tanzania (UMATI)
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - Pahlavi
R.
R.
R.
1968
1971
1972
1978
1980
1981
1992
International Reading Association
National Affiliation for Literacy Advance
Appalachian Adult Education Centre
Dr Welthy Honsinger Filsher
Mrs Ruth Johnson Colvin
Laubach Literacy International
Beginning with Book’s Literacy Programme
URUGUAY
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Pahlavi
H.M. - King Sejong
NOMA Prize
1972
1977
1994
1998
National Board of Primary Education and Teacher Training
Professor Roberto Abadie Soriano
Braille Foundation of Uruguay
‘El Abrojo’ Institute for People’s Education: Open literacy project for mothers and
children at home, in communities living in extreme poverty
VENEZUELA
H.M. - Pahlavi
IRAQ Prize
IRAQ Prize
1967
1985
1991
Felix Gregorio Adam Esteves, Director of the National Office for Adult Education
National Literacy Commission of Venezuela
People’s Action Service Centre
VIET NAM
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. - Krupskaya
R.
H.M. - Krupskaya
H M - Noma
H M - Krupskaya
1978
1979
1980
1983
1985
1988
H.M., - King Sejong
1997
Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit
Commune of Cat Hanh
Phun Phung Commune
Mr. Vuong Kiem Toan
Department of Complementary Teaching of the Ministry of Education
The Executive Committee for the Eradication of Illiteracy and Complementary
Education, District of Binh Minh in Cun Long Province
Research Centre for Literacy and Continuing Education (RCLCE), Ministry of
Education and Training
H.M. - Krupskaya
1977
YEMEN
General Union of Women, nominated by the Women’s International Democratic
Federation
16
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
Name of Winner
H.M. – Adiseshiah
H.M. - Pahlavi
1999
1969
Mrs Fawzia Mohammed Ahmed NOAMAN
Belgrade Television
ZAMBIA
KRUPSKAYA Prize
H.M. – Pahlavi
H.M. - Krupskaya
R.
1971
1975
1976
1991
Zambia Adult Literacy Programme
Department of Community Education
Zambia Association of Literacy Club
Musonda Women’s Literacy Project submitted by the World Association of Girl Guides
and Girls Scouts (WAGGS)
ZIMBABWE
R.
1989
2000
Home Libraries Project
Adult Literacy Organization of Zimbabwe (ALOZ)
YUGOSLAVIA
IRA Prize
17
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
Country
Prize/Honourable
Mention/Recognition
Year
CATHOLIC
INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION OFFICE
(CIEO)
IRA Prize
NOMA Prize
IRAPrize
R.
1990
1994
1996
2001
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (International)
Loreto Day School at Sealdah. Calcutta (India)
Les Petites Ecoles, oeuvre des Pères Salésiens de Don Bosco (Haiti)
Hija de María Auxiliadoa de Colombia (Medellin, Colombia)
WORLD YOUNG
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION
R.
1990
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of India
WORLD FEDERATION
OF TRADE UNIONS
H.M. - Iraq
1991
National Union of Angolan Workers (UNTA) (Angola)
ASIAN PACIFIC
FEDERATION OF
UNESCO CLUBS
AND ASSOCIATIONS
IRA Prize
NOMA Prize
1991
1993
UNESCO Co-Action Learning Centre Movement (Japan)
Indian National Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (INFUCA) (India)
THE WOMEN’S
INTERNATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC
FEDERATION
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. – Krupskaya
H.M. - Krupskaya
H.M. - Iraq
1976
1977
1979
1991
Organization of Women (Somalia)
General Union of Women of Yemen
Peruvian Women’s National Union
Mrs Pashukeni Shoombe (Namibia)
WORLD ASSOCIATION
OF GIRL GUIDES
AND GIRL SCOUTS
(WAGGGS)
R.
1991
Musonda Women’s Literacy Project (Zambia)
INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR ADULT
EDUCATION (ICAE)
CATHOLIC
H.M. - King Sejong
1993
Ms Lalla Ben Barka (Mali)
R.
1993
Infantia Missionaria, Vatican (International)
Name of Winner
18
INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE FOR UNESCO
WORLD FEDERATION
OF UNESCO CLUBS,
CENTRES AND
ASSOCIATIONS
(WFUCA)
H.M. - Noma
1994
Centre for Exchanges and Practical Training (CEFP), Bakel-Salibaly-Kayes (Senegal,
Mauritania, Mali)
ASSOCIATION
FOR WORLD
EDUCATION
H.M. – Krupskaya
1988
Professor Ramlal Parikh (India)
AFRICAN NATIONAL
CONGRESS OF SOUTH
AFRICA
R.
1986
Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College
19