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: Joy Pople, UPF-International
New York, USA - UPF's character education program is expanding with the shipment of student texts and teacher manuals to our chapters in 25 nations in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, and Oceania.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland, UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - UPF Indonesia's character education programs are gaining widespread support. Though schools used have to moral education classes in the past, these days such classes have generally been removed from the curriculum and teachers are struggling how to implement moral or character education in their classrooms.
- Written by: Rev. Pedro Kinambuta, Secretary General, UPF-Angola
Luanda, Angola - The highlights of UPF-Angola's activities in 2010 included a character education program at a secondary school, a conference about AIDS, and a youth rally.
- Written by: Dr. Lansana Nyalley, Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Sierra Leone
It is with great pleasure and high honor that I accept your invitation for me to attend this award ceremony for the students who have the completed training in character education by the Universal Peace Federation and give a talk. The theme of the ceremony is "Developing students to realize their potential through character education."
- Written by: Arthur Oyange, Coalition for Character Building, Kenya
Photos of a character education program for school officials and community leaders in Kenya in March 2010. A seminar on character education was held December 11 at the Peace Embassy in Nairobi.
- Written by: Ursula McLackland, UPF-Asia
Jakarta, Indonesia - UPF Character Education and Youth Leadership Programs in various schools and universities in the capital city include service components.
- Written by: UPF - Seychellles
Victoria, Seychelles - UPF Seychelles in collaboration with CARE offered a three-day character education workshop for CARE Educators during school holidays, August 19-21. About 30 teachers attended.
- Written by: Patrick Jouan, UPF-Monaco
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - To explore possibilities for offering character education, we met with the president of Zady Academy, which offers general education, teacher training, and sports. They are especially interested in implementing a program based on moral values.
- Written by: UPF - Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh - In collaboration with the Department of World Religions and Culture of Dhaka University, UPF organized a Character Education Initiative entitled "Journey of Self Discovery" February 6-22, welcoming three character education trainers from the NextGen Leadership Academy in the US.
- Written by: UPF - Southern Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa - Teenagers from Swaziland and South Africa took part in a camp on Character Education from December 14-26. The purposes were to help these youths build their character and empower them to deal with the challenges facing them today.
- Written by: UPF - Tahiti
Papeete, Tahiti - Leaders of French Polynesia gathered at the town hall of Papeete for a two-day UPF character education seminar that addressed pressing social issues in the Pacific islands.
- Written by: Delia C. Javanasundara, UPF-Thailand
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - UPF-Asia conducted the second Character Education Teachers Training Workshop co-organized by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education August 28-29, 2009. Sixty school principals and elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for the translation of the books and a one-year pilot program to be run by the VNIES.