Ibrahim Sheme, NOUN’s director of media and publicity, made this known in a statement released on Tuesday.
Sheme said Africa’s top Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Institute has been running the programme in Nigerian prisons without charging fees.
The prize is jointly instituted by UNESCO and the Peoples Republic of China in 2007 to reward outstanding individuals, governments and NGOs working to promote literacy for rural adults and out-of-school young people, particularly women and girls.
It was named after Confucius (551-479 BC), the Chinese educator and philosopher and one of the most famous historical and cultural figures, whose thinking still has great influence on education in China and the world today.
Winners of the prize are awarded a silver medal, a diploma, $20,000 prize money, as well as a trip to the birthplace of Confucius.
The Confucius Prize will be given at an award ceremony for the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, scheduled to hold at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris on September 7.
From NAN
Sheme said Africa’s top Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Institute has been running the programme in Nigerian prisons without charging fees.
The prize is jointly instituted by UNESCO and the Peoples Republic of China in 2007 to reward outstanding individuals, governments and NGOs working to promote literacy for rural adults and out-of-school young people, particularly women and girls.
It was named after Confucius (551-479 BC), the Chinese educator and philosopher and one of the most famous historical and cultural figures, whose thinking still has great influence on education in China and the world today.
Winners of the prize are awarded a silver medal, a diploma, $20,000 prize money, as well as a trip to the birthplace of Confucius.
The Confucius Prize will be given at an award ceremony for the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, scheduled to hold at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris on September 7.
From NAN
good one coming from naija. at least when they get out they have something to negotiate with while battling to find employment as ex convicts. would go along way if govt can initiate policies that would mandate certain businesses or even govt agencies to employ a certain percentage of ex convicts.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like dbs or crb check in Nigeria, ex-convict can blend and get any job.
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