Character Education

Jakarta, Indonesia - The Universal Peace Federation of Indonesia, in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics of the Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ), organized an international seminar of the theme “National Character Building: Opportunities and Challenges” at the university on December 19.

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Choiseul, St. Lucia - More than 80 adolescents gathered during the summer holidays for a workshop in Choiseul, July 25-29. The program included presentations, skits, small group discussions, crafts and service projects.

Jakarta, Indonesia - The theme “National Character Building and Sustainable Development” attracted over 400 participants to an international conference organized by the Universal Peace Federation and the Faculty of Communications of Universitas Tarumanagara at the university auditorium on May 27.

Harare, Zimbabwe - During the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebration on May 21, UPF was given the opportunity to give a presentation about character education. Most of those present were students and teachers from 21 high schools.

Harare, Zimbabwe - Rev. Jean Augustin Ghomsi, Southern Africa Sub-regional Director of UPF, introduced character education to 16 youth as part of an educational program from May 1-8. We want to offer this education to other children from different schools, because we believe that character education is important to the development of our youth as future leaders.

Koror, Palau - A presentation about the UPF Character Education curriculum, Discovering the Real Me, was made at the Palau High School on April 29.

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.

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.

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.

Delhi, India - UPF-India offered a variety of educational programs during 2010. Around 700 youth volunteers attended Peace Principles seminars. Character education programs were offered to 1,500 students. The Mission Self-Empowerment Project was launched with 16 college students committed to becoming leaders of positive social change. Peace education was offered to 194 National Service Scheme volunteers.

Freetown, Sierra Leone - UPF-Sierra Leone launched Student Peace Initiative in nine leading secondary schools in the capital on December 11. Character education training was offered to sixteen students, who are encouraged to start peace clubs at their schools.

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."