Awardees

#Spreading awareness of creativity, talent development,
sacrifice, and spirit of service,
POSCO TJ Park Prize

2014 Education Prize Winner

2014
Education Prize Canaan Farmers School
1962 ~ Present Establishment and Operation of 1st Canaan Farmers School (Hanam)
1973 ~ Present Establishment and Operation of 2nd Canaan Farmers School (Wonju)
1989 ~ Present Establishment and Operation of Canaan Education Center for Youth
1991 ~ Present Establishment and Operation of Canaan Farmers School in 12 overseas countries including Bangladesh
Achievement
“ Under the education ideals of work, service, and sacrifice,
the Canaan Farmers School has provided education for proper values and views
of lives and jobs for 50 years, suggesting and practicing
a Korean model of adult education. “

The first Canaan Farmers School (1962) and the second Canaan Farmers School (1973) provided about 710,000 public officials, office workers, soldiers, and students with education and training about the ethics of frugality and saving, sound values, and view of jobs, significantly contributing to raising advanced citizens and developing society.

Since the 1990s, the Canaan Farmers School has been established in 12 countries in Asia and Africa, including Bangladesh, China, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Uganda, to nurture leaders in farming as well as to fight against poverty in the world.

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