UNESCO Nadezhda K. Krupskaya literacy prize

UNESCO Nadezhda K. Krupskaya literacy prize' was named after Russian politician of the Soviet era Nadezhda K. Krupskaya. The prize was sponsored by the government of the Soviet Union in the period 1970-1992. The prize was offered in UNESCO along with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran literacy prize which was offered until the Iranian revolution of 1979.

List of Winners and Honourable Mentions

Year Winner Honourable Mention Ref
1970 Language and Literature Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic
  • Mobile rural schools, Mexico
  • Amir Birdjandi, Iran
  • Anna Lorenzetto, President of the National Union for the Struggle against Illiteracy, Italy
  • National Adult Literacy and Education Services, People's Republic of the Congo
  • Union of Sudanese Women, Sudan
[1]
1971 Zambia Adult Literacy Programme, Zambia [1]
1972 Education Corps Iran [1]
1973 Literacy Project, West Lake Region, Tanzania [1]
1974 Shyorongi Community Development Centre, (CEDECOS), Rwanda
  • National Directorate of Adult Education, Argentina
  • Mr. J. P. Crossenbacher (expert from the Swiss Technical Co-operation Programme, proposed by Dahomey)
  • Bengal Social Service League, India
  • Mr. Mohammad Bahman Beighi, Iran
[1][2]
1975 Abdirizak Mohamoud Abukar, Somali Democratic Republic
  • Directorate of Literacy and Lifelong Education, People's Republic of the Congo
  • Kerala Granthasala Sangham (Libraries Association of the State of Kerala), India
  • Institution for Workers' Education, Iraq
  • National Service for Literacy, Togo
[1][3]
1976 Literacy Department of the Ministry of Ecuation and Culture, Syrian Arab Republic
  • Directorate of Non-formal (Adult) Education, India
  • Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL)
  • Somali Women's Organization, nominated by the Women's International Democratic Federation
  • Zambia Association of Literacy Clubs
[1][4]
1977 award deferred, later awarded in 1979 [5][6]
1978 The Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit, submitted by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam [7]
1979
  • The Supreme Council of the National Campaign for Compulsory Literacy of Iraq, Iraq
  • The Popular Union of Peruvian Women, Peru
  • Directorate of Literacy and the Rural Press, Benin
  • Functional Literacy Programme, Adult Education Division, Department of Non-formal Education in Thailand, Thailand
  • The Commune of Cat Hanh, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
[6]
1980 Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, Nicaragua National Literacy Centre of Angola, Angola [8]
1981 Federation of Cuban Women, Cuba
  • Research Centre for Adult Education of the People's Republic of the Congo, People's Republic of the Congo
  • Mr. Nail Mahmood al-Saidi, Iraq
[9]
1982 Directorate of Non-Formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu, India
  • All Ethiopian Peasants Association, Ethiopia
  • Directorate of Adult Education, United Republic of Tanzania
[10]
1983
  • Vương Kiêm Toàn, Director of Common People Learning Bureau (Nha bình dân học vụ), SR Viet Nam
[11]
1984 Cuban National Association of the Blind, Cuba
  • Directorate of Adult Education of the State of Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Directorate of Popular Education and Literacy, Madagascar
[12]
1985 Xiengkho District, Lao People's Democratic Republic [13]
1986 Wu Lien County, Shandong Province, China
  • Democratic Women's Organization of Afghanistan, Afghanistan
  • Carlos Fonseca Task Force, Nicaragua
  • Miss Ghada Raghib al-Jabi, Syria
[14]
1987 Mrs Eriyah, Indonesia
1988 National Literacy Centre, Angola [15]

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