The Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS) has bagged the award for work in the field of lifelong education and skill development. A Kerala-based NGO will tomorrow receive the prestigious UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy for its literacy-linked skill development activities at a ceremony in Paris. JSS Malappuram chairman and Rajya Sabha member PV Abdul Wahab and the unit's director V Ummerkoya will receive the award at the ceremony that will also mark 50th anniversary celebrations of UNESCO's literacy programmes, a statement said. A panel discussion to identify inter-relations between literacy and other sustainable development goals will also be held. According to the statement, the MP will present his views on implementing a programme adopting an inter-sectoral approach linking literacy with agriculture and other livelihoods.

Source: dna September 08, 2016 05:37 UTC