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: Robert Diarra, secretary general, UPF-Senegal
Dakar, Senegal—Representatives of UPF have gotten the go-ahead from government authorities to bring character education to Dakar schools.
- Written by: UPF-Asia
Medan, Indonesia—UPF-Asia organized a character education seminar at the Asia International Friendship College, which 500 students and faculty of the school attended.
- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—UPF-Nepal held a meeting to begin drafting a character education curriculum it has been asked to create by the Minister of Education of Nepal.
- Written by: Dr. Mrs. Helen Osei, secretary general, UPF Ghana
Accra, Ghana—UPF-Ghana held a one-day seminar to introduce character education principles to 37 primary and junior high school students.
- Written by: Santosh Neupane, UPF-Fiji
Suva, Fiji—The government of Fiji has approved the teaching of a UPF-backed character education curriculum in all nine of the country’s educational districts.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland, secretary general, UPF-Asia
Bogor, Indonesia — Students at a prestigious Indonesian university and teenagers at several schools were given an introduction to the UPF character education lectures.
- Written by: Yoshinobu Murotani, secretary general, UPF-Fiji
Nakasi, Fiji—UPF-Fiji organized a two-day character education presentation to teachers, students and VIPs at Nakasi High School.
- Written by: Tatiana Krasnosumova, Secretary General, UPF-Russia, St. Petersburg branch
St. Petersburg, Russia - Teenagers were guided in a classroom discussion on what it means to be worthy of love and respect.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel
Bangkok, Thailand - UPF held two conferences for high school and college directors in Bangkok, Thailand, in late December.
- Written by: UPF - Indonesia
Medan, Indonesia - To respond to the urgent need for effective character education, UPF is expanding its character education programs to the Parulian schools in North Sumatra, starting with its central school in Medan on June 16, 2014.
- Written by: UPF - Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania - UPF-Lithuania held a forum on Oct. 26 on the theme “Educating youth as a step towards a harmonious society,” addressing the current issues of youth crimes. Over 40 participants attended the meeting, including school directors, educators and NGO representatives.
- Written by: UPF - Southern Africa
Seplan, Queenstown District, South Africa – Twenty-five bishops and pastors of the United Methodist Church of Southern Africa (UMCOSA) attended a Seminar on Leadership and Character Education Aug. 8-9, 2013, at Seplan, Queenstown.