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Illiteracy dropped from 2.6 to 1.9 percent
As part of the commemoration of International Literacy Day, Minister of Education’s Office, Alberto Silone, presented the scope of the National Literacy and Basic Education for Youths and Adults “Encounter” and other actions that help explain the reducing the rate of illiteracy in the country that showed the National Population Census conducted in October last year.
“It’s very good news that we have breached the limit of 2 per cent of illiteracy,” said the official opening press conference at the Palacio Sarmiento, adding that “if we compare the censuses of 2001 and the last in 2010 we see that illiteracy rate in Argentina dropped from 2.6 to 1.9 percent in the last decade. ”
“It lowered the rate in the provinces most reviews on this subject, which are of northeastern Argentina: Formosa, Corrientes, and Misiones, with Santiago del Estero, which declined 2 points. And Chaco, which was the province with the highest illiteracy rate in 2001 dropped to 5.5 points, “he said.
“There are several reasons, explained Silone, this reduction in the illiteracy rate, has grown enrollment in primary education and adult literacy program primarily our meeting, which launched the former President Nestor Kirchner in 2004, along with other we develop more targeted strategies and impact as well. ”
“We still get to the final core, which is always the hardest, the communities of indigenous people and people of great age. And while there is a need to further strengthen illiterate efforts. But the big news is that the numbers begin to reflect the results of the significant investment in education, “said the minister.
Silone pointed out that “is not the same move from primary to secondary, that the distinction between knowing or not knowing how to write and read. That’s the difference between life and death. “And he suggested that “shame is the first major difficulty is” to illiterate populations.
“Besides, he added, must break with intra and intergenerational transmission of ‘I cannot’, ‘not born for that.” If the grandparents, parents, brothers could not, it may seem that one is not for education. Breaking these barriers is a process of emancipation involves extending the idea, which begins today to strengthen various state policies that rights are not a privilege but something that is deserved. ”
The head of the national education portfolio during the presentation was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Education, Maria Ines Vollmer, the chief of staff, Jaime Percy, Undersecretary for Educational Planning, Eduardo Around, and the Director of Youth and Adults of education portfolio, Delia Mendez, along with several literacy.
During the meeting, also delivered, among other materials, the Book of Experiences of the “Meeting”, which gathers testimonies of literacy and literate, and the text for the continuing education of literacy in elementary school, all teachers will receive country’s primary education.
The National Literacy and Basic Education for Youths and Adults “Encounter” was first implemented in September 2004 under Resolution No. 686/04 of the Federal Council of Education. Literacy has 34,794 and is implemented in 49,838 schools.
This initiative is part of the movement “Education for All” promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and is funded by the State.
Registration is free for all youth and adults in the country, with national coverage is achieved from the participation of entities from all levels of government and numerous civil society organizations. For operation of the program, the Ministry of Education’s Office provides materials to the centers of both literacy and literacy to those who officiate, as well as delivering materials to students.