Character Education
Cultivating good character is an important part of a child's education at home, at school and in the community. Many UPF chapters offer lessons in classrooms or train teachers and administrators in character education or peace education.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia—More than 1,400 students, educators and government leaders participated in programs held as part of UPF-Indonesia’s national tour on character education.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Makassar, Indonesia—UPF-Indonesia brought its national tour on character education to universities in East Java province and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Pekanbaru, Indonesia—Two universities in western Indonesia hosted UPF-Indonesia’s national tour on character education.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Maluku, Indonesia—The third leg of UPF-Indonesia’s national tour, “Building Harmonious Families-Our Shared Responsibility,” took place in the eastern most provinces of Indonesia.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia—More than 400 students and faculty from schools throughout Sumatra participated in the second leg of UPF-Indonesia’s national character education tour.
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF-Portugal invited the leaders of several partner organizations for a one-day seminar in character education.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Manado, Indonesia—UPF-Indonesia held seminars in character education in two provinces as part of its national tour, “Building Harmonious Families-Our Shared Responsibility.”
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF-Portugal held an information session to introduce its Character Education to three organizations that help immigrants.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia—One-hundred students of SMP 111, a junior high school in Jakarta, attended a Pure Love Education Seminar that took place at the school.
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Government Service of Education has committed to bringing character education to schools in Jakarta in partnership with UPF.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, chair, FFWPU-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—Campus student leaders and selected teachers from Fiji’s most esteemed schools have attended Values Education seminars.
- Written by: UPF-Nicaragua
Matagalpa, Nicaragua—Dr. Chang Shik Yang, a representative of UPF-Central and the Caribbean, was a speaker at the IV Congress on “Business Leadership and Personal Growth,” held at the University of Commercial Sciences on March 17.