South Africa’s Puku Children’s Literature Foundation has been awarded the 2021 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its work on “Using digital technologies to promote children’s literature in South Africa’s indigenous languages”. Puku is proud to be named a 2021 UNESCO Laureate.
UNESCO selected six outstanding literacy programmes as winners of its International Literacy Prizes to be awarded on 8 and 9 September as part of International Literacy Day 2021. Puku’s award is in recognition of its work contributing to mother language-based literacy development. Puku received a medal, a certificate and a cash prize of US$20,000. The awards were presented during a virtual International Conference entitled “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.”
UNESCO South Africa’s event, led by the Education Sector Committee (ESC) hosted an advanced celebration webinar of International Literacy Day on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga congratulated Puku on behalf of the country. The event video, the programme and all presentations are available here: https://www.education.gov.za/
