http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/marzo/mar27/13municip.html
Havana. March 27, 2007
First Bolivian town free of illiteracy
By Armando Pérez Fernández
TOLATA, Bolivia, March 26.- Dawn broke this morning in this town in the
central department of Cochabamba with the expectation of it being declared the
first in Bolivia free of illiteracy after the successful education of 700
people.
President Evo Morales plans to raise a white flag here, where in less
than one year, its illiterate inhabitants learned how to read and write via the
Cuban "I Can Do It" method.
The town is busy preparing to celebrate this event, and will be welcoming
national and international figures, as well as representatives of the
diplomatic corps in Bolivia.
According to Mayor Alex Machado, the post-literacy period has now begun,
and for that, this month the first Center for Mid-level Adult Education (CEMA)
is scheduled to open.
This institution will help those who have learned how to read and write
and who are interested in getting their high school diplomas by giving them the
option of night school, Machado explained.
He added that literacy graduates are now ready and able to begin a formal
education. The idea, he said, is to pursue high school diplomas, and age
permitting, earn a technical or professional degree. (PL)
Translated by Granma International
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