UNESCO Nadezhda K. Krupskaya literacy prize

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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.

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List of Winners and Honourable Mentions

YearWinnerHonourable MentionRef
1970 Language and Literature Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic [1]
1971 Zambia Adult Literacy Programme, Zambia [1]
1972 Education Corps Iran [1]
1973Literacy Project, West Lake Region, Tanzania [1]
1974 Shyorongi Community Development Centre, (CEDECOS), Rwanda [1] [2]
1975 Abdirizak Mohamoud Abukar, Somali Democratic Republic [1] [3]
1976Literacy Department of the Ministry of Ecuation and Culture, Syrian Arab Republic [1] [4]
1977award deferred, later awarded in 1979 [5] [6]
1978The Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit, submitted by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam [7]
1979 [6]
1980 Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, Nicaragua National Literacy Centre of Angola, Angola [8]
1981 Federation of Cuban Women, Cuba [9]
1982 Directorate of Non-Formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu, India [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 [12]
1985 Xiengkho District, Lao People's Democratic Republic [13]
1986 Wu Lien County, Shandong Province, China [14]
1987 Mrs Eriyah, Indonesia
1988 National Literacy Centre, Angola [15]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winners of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Priza and the Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, UNESCO
  2. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1974, UNESCO
  3. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1975, UNESCO
  4. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1976, UNESCO
  5. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1977, UNESCO
  6. 1 2 Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize and the International Reading Association Literacy Award, 1979, UNESCO
  7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize, Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, 1978, UNESCO
  8. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award and Noma Prize, 1980, UNESCO
  9. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award and Noma Prize, 1981, UNESCO
  10. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1982, UNESCO
  11. Chiến sĩ 'diệt giặc dốt' được nhận bằng khen của UNESCO
  12. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, 1984, UNESCO
  13. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1985, UNESCO
  14. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1986, UNESCO
  15. Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize, International Reading Association Literacy Award, Noma Prize and Iraq Literacy Prize, 1988, UNESCO