The Association for Promoting Non-formal Education (APNFE) of Burkina Faso and the Ministry of Education in Ecuador have both recently received the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
An award ceremony was held at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 8 on the sidelines of the International Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Literacy and Education.
The Korean government established the prize in 1989 to help the world learn more about the spirit of King Sejong (r. 1418-1450), the Joseon dynasty monarch who created Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The award is targeted at individuals or groups that contribute to fighting illiteracy. In celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, UNESCO has awarded the prize ever since its establishment.
The APNFE, a non-governmental organization founded in 1997, helps poor people overcome illiteracy. In 2009, it started providing programs in five indigenous languages to help women in poverty-stricken areas enhance their reading and writing ability. The program includes education about reading, health and sustainable economic development and has so far benefited 1,800 women. Participants also receive training on how to fight poverty and how to prevent deforestation and pollution.
This year's other winner was the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. Starting in 2011, it has been providing basic educational programs for adults in indigenous communities. The government uses native languages to teach them reading and writing, as well as about public health, nutrition and civic duties. Some 324,000 people have so far benefited from the program. It is considered a successful example of helping women and indigenous people, who are sometimes marginalized from society, overcome illiteracy.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) intends to invite the winners of the prize to Seoul in October in celebration of the 568th Hangeul Day on October 9. The invitees are expected to attend a Hangeul Day ceremony and will visit the National Hangeul Museum, the tomb of King Sejong and the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, Seoul.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
(photos courtesy of the MCST)
jun2@korea.kr
An award ceremony was held at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 8 on the sidelines of the International Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Literacy and Education.
The Korean government established the prize in 1989 to help the world learn more about the spirit of King Sejong (r. 1418-1450), the Joseon dynasty monarch who created Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The award is targeted at individuals or groups that contribute to fighting illiteracy. In celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, UNESCO has awarded the prize ever since its establishment.
The Association for Promoting Non-formal Education (APNFE) of Burkina Faso receives the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its work educating the poor and helping them to overcome illiteracy.
The APNFE, a non-governmental organization founded in 1997, helps poor people overcome illiteracy. In 2009, it started providing programs in five indigenous languages to help women in poverty-stricken areas enhance their reading and writing ability. The program includes education about reading, health and sustainable economic development and has so far benefited 1,800 women. Participants also receive training on how to fight poverty and how to prevent deforestation and pollution.
This year's other winner was the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. Starting in 2011, it has been providing basic educational programs for adults in indigenous communities. The government uses native languages to teach them reading and writing, as well as about public health, nutrition and civic duties. Some 324,000 people have so far benefited from the program. It is considered a successful example of helping women and indigenous people, who are sometimes marginalized from society, overcome illiteracy.
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Education receives the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its work since 2011 in providing indigenous communities with adult education programs.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) intends to invite the winners of the prize to Seoul in October in celebration of the 568th Hangeul Day on October 9. The invitees are expected to attend a Hangeul Day ceremony and will visit the National Hangeul Museum, the tomb of King Sejong and the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, Seoul.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
(photos courtesy of the MCST)
jun2@korea.kr
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