UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize
The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize ( German : UNESCO-König-Sejong-Alphabetisierungspreis ) is one of the two international prizes for literacy projects that UNESCO awards annually. The award, with which governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be recognized for their services in literacy , is endowed with a sum of US $ 20,000 and is presented with a silver medal and a certificate.
Name borrowing
The award was named after Sejong (1397–1450), the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea . Sejong the Great, as he was also known in recognition of his achievements, developed Hangeul , a Korean script of his own , with some of his scholars , which gave the Korean people the opportunity to learn how to read and write using Hangeul , in keeping with their mother tongue . He introduced the newly developed script in 1446 and implemented it against considerable opposition from the Korean aristocracy and scholars, who until then had only used the Chinese script . Since then, Sejong has been an example of successful literacy among a people.
history
The prize was founded in 1989 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea and was first awarded in 1990. In October 1997, UNESCO included the Hunminjeongeum manuscript, which Hangeul describes, among other things, in its functioning, in the Memory of the World Register .
Since 2009, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) has been inviting the annual winners of the award to Hangeul Week in South Korea. The winners will be guided through a weekly festival program, during which they will have the opportunity to learn about historical places as well as the importance of the introduction of the Korean script in relation to the literacy of the country.
Previous winners
| year | Organization / institution | country |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat (KSSP) Trivandrum, (Kerala Science Popularization Movement) | India |
| 1991 | Institute of Adult Education, University of Ghana | Ghana |
| 1992 | Puduvia Arivoli Iyakkam Pondichery, India | India |
| 1993 | Illiteracy Eradication and Adult Education Project, Ministry of Education | Jordan |
| 1994 | National Union for Tunisian Women (UNFT) | Tunisia |
| 1995 | Pilot Literacy and Training for the Improvement of the Quality of Life of Rural Women (PROCALMUC) | Ecuador |
| All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) | China | |
| 1996 | Culture and Education Department of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defense and Aviation | Saudi Arabia |
| Club UNESCO Dibwa Dia Ditumba | Zaire | |
| 1997 | Notre Dame Foundation for Charitable Activities Inc's, Women in Enterprise Development (WED) Program | Philippines |
| Togolese Cotton Company (SOTOCO) | Togo | |
| 1998 | General Authority for Literacy and Adult Education (GALAE) | Egypt |
| Permanent Illiteracy Eradication Group ( Groupe Permanent de Lutte contre l'Illetrisme ) (GPLI) | France | |
| 1999 | Directorate for Adult Literacy and Training, Ministry of National Education | Niger |
| Ministry for the Promotion of Women and Human Development (PROMUDEH) | Peru | |
| 2000 | Juvenile Education | Iraq |
| National Literacy and Basic Education Directorate | Senegal | |
| 2001 | Tianshui Education Commission, Gansu Province | China |
| Alfatite bonite / Alfa Desalin Project | Haiti | |
| 2002 | Bunyad Literacy Community Council (BLCC) | Pakistan |
| Egypt-based Regional Center for Adult Education (ASFEC) | Egypt | |
| 2003 | Tembaletu Community Education Center in South Africa | South Africa |
| International Reflect Circle (CIRAC) (a network of NGOs) | ||
| 2004 | AlfaSol (Solidarity in Literacy) presented by the Government of Brazil | Brazil |
| Steering Group of Literacy Education in Qinghai Province presented by the Government of China | China | |
| 2005 | AULA Cultural Association submitted by the Government of Spain | Spain |
| GOAL submitted by ACTIONAID International | Sudan | |
| 2006 | Mother Child Education Foundation (ACEV) | Turkey |
| Youth and Adult Literacy and Education Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical University of the Republic of Cuba (IPLAC) | Cuba | |
| 2007 | Children's Book Project | Tanzania |
| Tostan | Senegal | |
| 2008 | People's Action Forum program: Reflect and HIV / AIDS | Zambia |
| 2009 | Tin Tua's Literacy Program | Burkina Faso |
| Nirantar's project "Khabar Lahariya (News Waves)" in Uttar Pradesh | India | |
| 2010 | Adult Education and Training Program (EdFoA) of the General Directorate of Adult Training | Cape Verde |
| Family Literacy (FLY) of the State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development in Hamburg | Germany | |
| 2011 | National Literacy Service | Burundi |
| "Bilingual Literacy for Life" Program of the Institute for the Education of Adults | Mexico | |
| 2012 | Directorate of Community Education Development | Indonesia |
| National Adult Literacy Program, Pentecostal Church | Rwanda | |
| 2013 | Mother Tongue Literacy in the Guera Region program, Federation of Associations for the Promotion of Guera Languages | Chad |
| Saakshar Bharat (Literate India) Mission, National Literacy Mission Authority, Ministry of Human Resource Development | India |
Source: Korean National Commission for UNESCO
literature
- Jung-Ja Holm (Ed.): King Sejong the Great . Yonghwa Verlag, Pohang, Korea 2006, ISBN 0-9779613-8-9 .
Web links
- The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize . UNESCO,accessed January 25, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hunminjeongum Manuscript . UNESCO , accessed January 25, 2012 .
- ↑ a b UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize . (PDF 11.2 MB) Korean National Commission for UNESCO , accessed on January 25, 2012 (English, information sheet).
- ↑ UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize - Indonesia, 2012, UNESCO, accessed on January 16, 2014.
- ↑ UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize - Rwanda, 2012, UNESCO, accessed on January 16, 2014.
- ↑ The Winners of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2013 (PDF), UNESCO, accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).