Various NGOs and other education related departments observed the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Literacy Day on Thursday.
September 8 was proclaimed the International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965 and was first celebrated in 1966. Its objective is to emphasise the significance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Stressing the importance of literacy, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.
UNESCO CONFERS CONFUCIUS AWARD UPON DR MALIK: Provincial Education Secretary Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik received the Confucius Award from Indian President Prathiba Patil in a ceremony held in Delhi India in connection with the International Literacy Day on September 8. The Confucius Award is the highest international award for literacy and education which was conferred by the UNESCO upon Malik in recognition of his services in the field. Malik is the first Pakistani and Muslim to get the coveted UN award. Malik holds a PhD in Development Economics. His research publications on education and development have been published in renowned international journals. He was the first managing director of the restructured Punjab Education Foundation and introduced new instruments for the promotion of education, especially for females in remote areas and urban slums.
I have great faith in literate and educated communities, buts lets think for a while that the most literate and educated societies are provoking terrorism in countries like Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, surely we need to literate our people that how we can protect ourselves through awareness that its the actions that contribute towards the understanding of bearing the presence of each other,not only literacy
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