The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education was awarded annually beginning 1981.
The main goal of UNESCO education prize was to encourage excellent effort in the drive to reach a better quality education.
The prize endowed up to US$60,000 and a statuette designed by spanish sculptor Apel·les Fenosa for UNESCO.
[1] It honored extraordinary activities for peace education in the spirit of the UNESCO constitution.
The prize was phased out in 2013.