September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO in 1965.
In celebration of the day, UNESCO Headquarters played host to a variety of events on September 9, one of which was the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize awards ceremony.
Inspired by the spirit of Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), who created and promulgated the Korean alphabet Hangeul, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) kicked off the King Sejong Literacy Prize in 1989 to recognize individuals and groups for their dedication to spreading such Sejong spirit and increasing the world’s literacy rate.
The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prizes for 2013 went to two literacy programs in India and Chad.
Two UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize winners for 2013: the National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) (left) and the Federation of Associations for the Promotion of Guera Languages (FAPGL) (photo courtesy of UNESCO)
India’s Saakshar Bharat Mission conducted by the National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development received one of the two UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prizes.
The mission activities include basic education, vocational education, functional literacy, and women’s equality.
Working in 26 languages, the program reaches almost 10 million Indians in 25 regions of the nation annually and works with out-of-school youth, women, and minority groups, addressing issues such as low-level adult literacy and inequality in literacy education.
At the Paris-based UNESCO Headquarters on September 9, UNESCO Direct General Irina Bokova (second from left) awards a UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize to the representative from the Federation of Associations for the Promotion of Guera Languages (FAPGL) (photo courtesy of UNESCO).
The second prize was picked up by the Mother Tongue Literacy program from the Federation of Associations for the Promotion of Guera Languages (FAPGL).
The program was awarded the prize in recognition of its diverse training programs including language education and income-generating activities as well as development and standardization of the Guera languages which has helped promote the literacy of the Guera people.
Since it was initiated in 2012, 13 languages have been taught in 143 literacy centers for 6,577 learners, of whom 5,356 were women and young girls who are even more vulnerable to illiteracy.
2013 King Sejong Literacy Prize laureates (third, fourth from left) (photo courtesy of UNESCO)
Source:Korea.net
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