Every year, the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes reward excellence and innovation in the field of literacy throughout the world. The six winners of the Organization’s International Literacy Prizes for 2011 are as below:

UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 

National Literacy Service (Burundi)

National Institute for the Education of Adults (Mexico)

UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy

Room to Read (U.S)

Collectif Alpha Ujuvi (the Democratic Republic of Congo)

The Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy

Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik (Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan)

The Honourable Mention of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize

the City Literacy Coordinating Council (Tagum City, the Philippines)