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Low literacy is due to the advancement of education
Education Minister, Alberto Silone, said on Sunday the decline of illiteracy in the country and claimed the free public school, to lead the Teacher’s Day celebration with Governors and Juan, José Luis Gijon, in the birthplace Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. ”This breakthrough is possible thanks to sustained efforts of thousands of teachers who teach including everyone, excluding no one,” he said
“According to the latest census, the illiteracy rate in Argentina has dropped to 1.9percent, marking the progress of national education since that census Sarmiento” when he was President of the Nation, and realized “to 80 percent illiterate, “the minister said and stressed that” this breakthrough is possible thanks to the sustained effort of thousands of teachers who teach including everyone, excluding no one. ”
Delegations of schools founded by Sarmiento in the country are present in the house turned into a historical museum, awaiting the start of the tribute to teachers across the country, will be honored as “Distinguished Teacher” for his charitable work and their daily work in the classroom, including the outstanding performance against students and recognition of the educational community.
About the challenges faced by the literacy campaign, Silone acknowledged that “shame is the first major difficulty encountered.” For the Minister ”there isintragenerational transmission of ‘I cannot, not born for that.” If the grandparents, parents and siblings could not, nobody can. “He added that ”breaking those barriers is a process of emancipation involves the awareness that rights are not a privilege but something that deserves,” he said.