HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 29 (acn) The 181st session of Executive Council of the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) in Paris has approved a letter of congratulations for Bolivia, by virtue of its success in the battle against illiteracy taking the Cuban method Yes I Can as a starting point.
The South American nation declared itself as a Territory Free of Illiteracy in December, with the support of Cuba and Venezuela and within the context of the South-South cooperation, reads the document issued by UNESCO, Prensa Latina news agency reports.
The UNESCO body valued the Bolivian experience, which served that nation to reach one of the pillars of the Dakar Framework of Action for 2015.
Bolivian ambassador to France, Luzmila Carpio, made reference to testimonies of some of those who’ve learned how to read and write and thanked Cuba and Venezuela for their help and solidarity in the National Program undertaken by her country.
She recalled that the literacy campaign in the Andean nation was carried out in the Aymara, Quechua and Spanish languages, an unmistakable proof of the efficiency of the Cuban Literacy Teaching Program ‘Yes I Can’.
While speaking at the forum made up by 58 member nations, Cuba’s ambassador to UNESCO, Héctor Hernández, spoke about the social movement headed by President Evo Morales to face the scourge of illiteracy.
In 33 months, over 800,000 people learned how to read and write in that South American country.
On behalf of his country and especially the pedagogues that responded to the Dakar call, the Cuban diplomat expressed his satisfaction for having supported this educational feat obtained by the Bolivian people.
(Felicita la UNESCO a Bolivia por logros en educación)
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