{"id":2704,"date":"2020-09-09T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2020-09-09T09:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:55:57","slug":"cuba-ratifies-commitment-to-the-struggle-for-global-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-ratifies-commitment-to-the-struggle-for-global-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Ratifies Commitment To the Struggle for Global Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 1961, Cuba became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to uproot illiteracy in its territory. | Photo: Twitter\/@CubaMINREX<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Cuban National Commission for UNESCO remembered this World Literacy Day the contributions of the island nation to this global struggle.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Cuban National Commission for UNESCO reminded this September 8 of the commitment by the people and the government of Cuba to the global efforts to achieve literacy for all,  on the occasion of commemorating World Literacy Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renewed commitment comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has motivated the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to emphasize “the teaching and learning of literacy\u00a0during the COVID-19 crisis, including the role played by teachers and the evolution of pedagogies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement from the non-governmental entity noted that Cuba joins the commemoration with concrete results, “not only for having eradicated illiteracy in 1961 through the Literacy Campaign…but instead, and more than anything, due to its impressive continued education throughout the country with internationally recognized values, including universal, free and quality access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Cuba “has shown significant results in its commitment to the global efforts to eliminate illiteracy through international cooperation,” the announcement states, exemplifying\u00a0the application of the teaching method developed by Cuban pedagogues “Yo Si Puedo” (“Yes I Can”), which won the UNESCO King Sejong\u00a0Literacy Prize for its “contribution to the teaching of reading and writing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#Cuba<\/a> spread its successful experience of the Literacy Campaign through its solidarity-based contribution to other countries using the Yes, I can method. #SomosCuba<\/a> #SomosContinuidad<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/USAvJT0HrR<\/a><\/p>— Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) September 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>