ILLITERACY

Guatemala to add 150,000 people literate by 2025

Published on: February 18, 2025
09:54

Guatemala City, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the challenge of 1,907,401 persons who do not know how to read or write, Guatemala plans to train 150,000 through the National Literacy Committee (Conalfa) during 2025.

Over 400,000 Hondurans learn to read and write with Cuba’s assistance

Published on: January 31, 2025
01:00

Tegucigalpa, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Honduran Education Minister Daniel Sponda celebrated on Thursday that hundreds of thousands of compatriots have learned to read and write with the program of President Xiomara Castro's Government with advice from Cuba.

More than half a million people are illiterate in El Salvador

Published on: July 10, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) More than half a million Salvadorans are illiterate, especially in rural areas, the Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) noted, showing figures from 2023.

Illiteracy rate increases in DR, adult education plan lags behind

Published on: July 10, 2023
15:34

Santo Domingo, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) The illiteracy rate in the Dominican Republic has reportedly risen from 5.5% to 6.5% due to the Covid-19 pandemic that unfortunately disrupted the country´s education programs for people aged 15 and older.

Cuba and its renowned project to eradicate illiteracy

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:07

Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso alluded to the granting of an honorable mention in recognition of its effective literacy campaign by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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