Award Ceremony UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021 India

UNESCO Literacy Prize was Awarded to NIOS for Innovation in Education The ‘National Institute of Open Schooling’ from India won the prestigious UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021 for its programme ‘Enabling education of persons with disabilities through technology enabled inclusive learning material, with specific focus on Indian Sign language-based content’ in an award function organised at UNESCO New Delhi office on 10 th July 2021. On behalf of NIOS, Prof. Saroj Sharma, Chairperson, NIOS received the international Literacy prize and thanked UNESCO for recognising efforts and innovations of NIOS in the field of education and literacy.

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