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Nicaragua: illiteracy-free
MANAGUA, June 22.— The government announced this Monday that Nicaragua is now considered to be a country free of illiteracy, following the publication of a report revealing a 19% reduction to just 4.7% of the population unable to read and write.
Juan Bautista Arrién, secretary of the Literacy Verification Commission, confirmed this statistic during a press conference.
The UNESCO considers a country to be illiteracy-free if it reduces the figure to a minimum of 5%. Education Minister Miguel de Castilla emphasized this fact.
Arrién, who is also UNESCO’s permanent secretary, said that the commission visited 3,740 homes in 22 municipalities throughout the country and interviewed 12,538 people aged between 15 and 65 years to verify that they knew how to read and write. The study was recorded a 97% reliability rate.
According to the authorities, the reduction in illiteracy was achieved thanks to a national literacy campaign using the Cuban "I Can Do It!" method, undertaken by the Ministry of Education. (AP) •