Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development of 2021

Nov. 20, 2022

Recently, the former Vice-President Hamid Ansari presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development of 2021 to Pratham, an NGO functioning in the field of education

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  • The award is in recognition of Pratham’s work in ensuring quality education for children of the country, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Pratham also used digital technology to deliver education so that the children could learn during the school closure amid the pandemic.
  • The foundation’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), serves as a model to assess education outcomes and learning deficiencies across 14 countries in three continents
  • The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, is given to people whose work have exemplified Indira’s ideals and causes. It consists of a monetary award of ₹25 lakh along with a citation.
Source : The Hindu

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