Brac wins int'l prize for inclusive education model
Brac has won the "AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects" for 2017 for its non-formal primary education model especially designed for children who have dropped out of or never gone to school.
Vice-chairperson of Brac, the world's largest non-government organisation (NGO), Dr Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury received the award from Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, special representative of AGFUND, at a ceremony at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Queen Sofia of Spain, member of AGFUND prize committee, was also present at the event, a press release from Brac said yesterday.
AGFUND International Prize is awarded by the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), founded in 1980 by Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud with support from Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Working with a strategic focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the organisation introduced the AGFUND International Prize in 1999.
The prize committee selected two orgaisations and one individual as winners for the 2017 award, themed on “Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning”. A total of 76 projects competed for the prize.
Brac has won the First Category Prize, awarded for projects implemented by the UN, international or regional organisations, for its non-formal primary education model. The award comes with prize money worth US$ 400,000.
Nepalese organisation Jeevan Bikas Samaj has won the Second Category Prize for its "Accelerating sustainable solution for quality education" project. This category is reserved for national level non-governmental organisations.
Sunitha Krishnan, an Indian anti-trafficking champion and co-founder of Hyderabad-based Prajwala, won the Fourth Category Prize, reserved for projects implemented by individuals. The money worth of the prize is US$ 100,000.
The Third Category Prize allocated for projects by government agencies has been withheld for failure to meet the award criteria, according to the AGFUND website.
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