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 Winners of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Priza and the Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, UNESCO 1971 Zambia Adult Literacy Programme, Zambia Angolan Women's Organization, Angola Ministry of Education and Fine Arts, Dominican Republic Literacy Section of the State of Kuwait 1972 Education Corps Iran The Technical Workers' Collective, Department of Adult Education. Cuba Kibaru (The News), Mali The National Board of Primary Education and Teacher Training, Uruguay Mr. Alfa Sow, Society of African Culture 1973 Literacy Project, West Lake Region, Tanzania Adult and Community Education Division, Philippines The Anti-illiteracy Programme by Radio, Egypt Ye Kotebe Berhane Amin Youth Association, Ethiopia National Federation of Indian Women, India 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 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1974, UNESCO 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 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1975, UNESCO 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 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1976, UNESCO 1977 award deferred, later awarded in 1979 Mr. Bernard Sero Gauthier, People's Republic of Benin Telimele Regional Centre for Improving the Status of Women, Guinea Seva Mandir (for the development of Adult Education), Udaipur, India General Union of Women of Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, nominated by the Women's International Democratic Foundation Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1977, UNESCO 1978 The Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit, submitted by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam The Mutual Aid and Development Centre, Burundi Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad, India The Syrian Federation of Women Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1978, UNESCO 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 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize and the International Reading Association Literacy Award, 1979, UNESCO 1980 Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, Nicaragua National Literacy Centre of Angola, Angola Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award and Noma Prize, 1980, UNESCO 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 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award and Noma Prize, 1981, UNESCO 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 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1982, UNESCO 1983 Vương Kiêm Toàn, Director of Common People Learning Bureau (Nha bình dân học vụ), SR Viet Nam Chiến sĩ 'diệt giặc dốt' được nhận bằng khen của UNESCO 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 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, 1984, UNESCO 1985 Xiengkho District, Lao People's Democratic Republic Brother Jean-Baptiste Bunkungu, Burkina Faso Literacy Programme for Adults, Maharashtra, India Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1985, UNESCO 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 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1986, UNESCO 1987 Mrs Eriyah, Indonesia 1988 National Literacy Centre, Angola Educar Foundation Basic Education Project, Baixada Fluminense, Brazil Professor Ramlal Parikh, India (submitted by the Association for World Education) The Executive Committee for the Eradication of Illiteracy and Complementary Education, Binh Minh District, Cuu Long Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1988, UNESCO
See also UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, China UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, South Korea Noma Literacy Prize
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