Noma Literacy Prize
{{Short description|Prize awarded by UNESCO for combating illiteracy}}
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The Noma Literacy Prize is a UNESCO award. It goes to the group or individual who has done most to combat illiteracy. It is one of a series of Noma Prizes. It was founded in 1980 by Shoichi Noma, the president of the publishing firm Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher of literature and manga.
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- 1985 — NUFI Institution of the Republic of Cameroun.UNESCO: [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000665/066518eb.pdf Noma Prize winner, 1985]
- 1993 — Indian National Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (INFUCA)India, Ministry of Human Resource Development: [http://education.nic.in/unesconew/unesco-Awards.asp#Noma%20Prize%20(for%20Meritorious%20Work%20in%20Literacy)/UNESCO Noma Prize winner, 1993.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218114936/http://education.nic.in/unesconew/unesco-Awards.asp#Noma%20Prize%20(for%20Meritorious%20Work%20in%20Literacy)/UNESCO |date=2010-12-18 }}
- 1999 — India's National Literacy Mission Programme.Govt. of India, Press Information Bureau: [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/l0799/r210799.html Noma Prize winner, 1999]
See also
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External links
- [http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4851&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html History of UNESCO literacy prizes]
Category:Awards established in 1980
Category:1980 establishments in Japan
Category:Literacy-related awards
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