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| 55%
illiteracy rate in Haiti comes under threat |
Posted October 24, 2007
Port au Prince, (Prensa Latina) Haitians are rushing
to register for basic literacy teaching courses, which are
being offered for the first time in this country, State
Secretary for this activity Carol Joseph revealed in this
capital.
Around 1,000 schools have been opened in the northern,
southeastern, and western departments, just a month before
the campaign begins, according to the Yo Si Puedo -Yes, I
can- method, the name of which is Wi muen Kapab in creole
language, and has been elaborated by experts from Cuba, a
country that also contributes educational and technical
means.
The official estimated at around 60,000 the people
registered for the program, the objective of which is to
teach basic literacy some three million people, aged from
14-45.
Besides eradicating illiteracy in an active sector of the
population, the effort will generate some 100,000 jobs,
according to official reports.
Joseph also said a census continues in the western southern,
and northeastern areas, and in the Artibonite, the Nippes,
and the grand Ans, and basic literacy teaching is yet to be
started in the northeastern area and the Central Plain.
The campaign is sponsored by the UN Organization for
Education, Science, and Culture, with contributions by
several States and non governmental
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