| Year | Winner | Honourable Mention | Ref |
| 1970 | Language and Literature Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic |
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| 1971 | Zambia Adult Literacy Programme, Zambia | Angolan Women's Organization, Angola Ministry of Education and Fine Arts, Dominican Republic Literacy Section of the State of Kuwait | |
| 1972 | Education Corps Iran | The Technical Workers' Collective, Department of Adult Education. Cuba Kibaru, Mali The National Board of Primary Education and Teacher Training, Uruguay Mr. Alfa Sow, Society of African Culture | |
| 1973 | Literacy Project, West Lake Region, Tanzania | Adult and Community Education Division, Philippines The Anti-illiteracy Programme by Radio, Egypt Ye Kotebe Berhane Amin Youth Association, Ethiopia National Federation of Indian Women, India | |
| 1974 | Shyorongi Community Development Centre,, Rwanda | National Directorate of Adult Education, Argentina Mr. J. P. Crossenbacher Bengal Social Service League, India Mr. Mohammad Bahman Beighi, Iran | |
| 1975 | Abdirizak Mohamoud Abukar, Somali Democratic Republic | Directorate of Literacy and Lifelong Education, People's Republic of the Congo Kerala Granthasala Sangham, India Institution for Workers' Education, Iraq National Service for Literacy, Togo | |
| 1976 | Literacy Department of the Ministry of Ecuation and Culture, Syrian Arab Republic | Directorate of Non-formal Education, India Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy Somali Women's Organization, nominated by the Women's International Democratic Federation Zambia Association of Literacy Clubs | |
| 1977 | award deferred, later awarded in 1979 | Mr. Bernard Sero Gauthier, People's Republic of Benin Telimele Regional Centre for Improving the Status of Women, Guinea Seva Mandir, Udaipur, India General Union of Women of Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, nominated by the Women's International Democratic Foundation | |
| 1978 | The Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit, submitted by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | The Mutual Aid and Development Centre, Burundi Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad, India The Syrian Federation of Women | |
| 1979 | The Supreme Council of the National Campaign for Compulsory Literacy of Iraq, Iraq The Popular Union of Peruvian Women, Peru | Directorate of Literacy and the Rural Press, Benin Functional Literacy Programme, Adult Education Division, Department of Non-formal Education in Thailand, Thailand The Commune of Cat Hanh, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | |
| 1980 | Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, Nicaragua | National Literacy Centre of Angola, Angola | |
| 1981 | Federation of Cuban Women, Cuba | Research Centre for Adult Education of the People's Republic of the Congo, People's Republic of the Congo Mr. Nail Mahmood al-Saidi, Iraq | |
| 1982 | Directorate of Non-Formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu, India | All Ethiopian Peasants Association, Ethiopia Directorate of Adult Education, United Republic of Tanzania | |
| 1984 | Cuban National Association of the Blind, Cuba | Directorate of Adult Education of the State of Uttar Pradesh, India Directorate of Popular Education and Literacy, Madagascar | |
| 1985 | Xiengkho District, Lao People's Democratic Republic | Brother Jean-Baptiste Bunkungu, Burkina Faso Literacy Programme for Adults, Maharashtra, India | |
| 1986 | Wu Lien County, Shandong Province, China | Democratic Women's Organization of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Carlos Fonseca Task Force, Nicaragua Miss Ghada Raghib al-Jabi, Syria | |
| 1987 | Mrs Eriyah, Indonesia | International Literacy Day In witness whereof this diploma, bearing the seal of organization, is conferred | - |
| 1988 | National Literacy Centre, Angola | Educar Foundation Basic Education Project, Baixada Fluminense, Brazil Professor Ramlal Parikh, India The Executive Committee for the Eradication of Illiteracy and Complementary Education, Binh Minh District, Cuu Long Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam | |
