Cuba proposes literacy model for poor countries

[Mika]

Cuba proposes literacy model for poor countries
http://www.wpmi.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=DD4417FC-FB79-4D50-80C2-955F4D2C4F17

7/14/2006 4:05:40 AM
HAVANA (AP) - Cuban experts say their alphabetization method is a solid example of how the quality of life for the most needy in poor countries can be improved.

The method "Yes, I Can" -- "Yo, Si Puedo" in Spanish -- has been applied over the past five years in 15 countries, including Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina. New Zealand has used it to teach ethnic minorities to read and write English.

The method's creator believes the success of the program is its' association of numbers with letters, since most illiterate adults know how to count because they handle money in their daily lives.

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Cuba plans to offer their method to more than 100 participating nations at the next Summit of Non-Aligned Nations to be held in Havana in September.

There goes Cuba again - expanding its evil subversive agenda of readin' & writin'. BushCrimeInc really needs to topple this agenda, it would be a good use of our tax dollars (actually, add to our debt).

:sarcasm:

[Kutjara]

1. Yeah, that 98% literacy rate those Cubans have...

...is a threat to every American. Everyone knows you can't trust a reader. They're sneaky!

[Sammy Pepys]

2. Interesting about the success it has in teaching English...

English is language most Cubans can't write or speak.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. It's a methodology for teaching adult illiterates to read and is

evidently adaptable to any language.

[Mika]

3. UNESCO Rewards Cuba for Literacy Program "Yes I can"

UNESCO Rewards Cuba for Literacy Program Yes I can
http://www.tiempo21.islagrande.cu/English/the_world/jun06/unesco_rewards_cuba_program.htm

Havana.-The class of Literacy and Education for Youths and Adults of the Latin American and Caribbean Teachers’ Training College of Cuba (IPLAC), received the prize of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for its syllabus Yes I Can (Yo sí puedo).

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A report from the National TV news indicates that that international organism selected the project of the Caribbean Island for using audiovisual methods and the new technologies of information and communication.

The objective of that syllabus is to enlarge the reach and the effectiveness of the didactic material, elaborated for the literacy and post-literacy stages.

The UNESCO highlights in an official statement that the syllabus Yes I Can has been reproduced in different parts of the world and in others it has been adapted to the social, cultural and ethnic contexts of the respective countries.

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The UNESCO’s prizes of literacy are granted once a year to reward particularly efficient initiatives in the fight against illiteracy, and they will be given on September 18, as part of the celebrations of the International Literacy Day.

[Mika]

4. Success of "Yes, I can!" method presented at UNESCO

Success of "Yes, I can!" method presented at UNESCO
http://www.cubanlibrariessolidaritygroup.org.uk/articles.asp?ID=131

PARIS—Aristóbulo Instúriz, Venezuelan minister of education and sports, presented the results of the literacy campaign using the "Yes, I can!" method in his country at the 33rd General Conference of UNESCO here.

Istúriz explained to participants the details of this scientific and pedagogical method, developed in Cuba to rapidly eliminate illiteracy, and reported that through its application, more than 1.4 million Venezuelans have learned to read and write in just two years.

As a result of that plan, Venezuela is about to declare itself an Illiteracy-Free Territory, announced the minister, who thanked Cuba for its contribution to this victory and also thanked, above all, the more than 130,000 Venezuelan volunteers who acted as facilitators in that campaign. These facilitators, he said, visited the most remote locations of the country in order to guarantee that all illiterate people could attain the longed-for educational goal.

Other outstanding contributions were made by the country’s Armed Forces and specialists who helped to bring literacy to the deaf and blind, Istúriz explained.

The minister said that 70,000 indigenous people can now read and write in their native languages and in Spanish thanks to the "Yes, I can!" method.

Along with a booklet, the method used audiovisual technology, with 80,000 televisions and video recorders, powered by some 2,000 generators for places not yet covered by the national electrical grid, he added.

Marcio Barbosa, deputy general director of UNESCO, emphasized that Venezuela’s successful efforts are contributing to meeting UNESCO’s main goals in its Education for All program, specifically the fight against illiteracy.

[Boojatta]

5. How will the Iranian government respond?

For people to learn to read and write English or any language that The Satanic Verses has been translated into may be, from the point of view of the Iranian government, almost as bad as translating The Satanic Verses into another language.

Either way, there is an increase in the number of people who can read that book.

[Terran1212]

6. Cuba does so much good work

I don't agree with the Castro oppression and all that, but they certainly do a lot more good work in this world than the US politicians or media admit. They demonize them.

[tanyev]

7. So when they say No Cuban Left Behind, they really mean it. Huh.

[Vidar]

8. Cuba exports literacy & health. the US exports death & poverty.

[jwirr]

9. The result of Cuba's export is democracy while the US exports

are destroying the chance of democracy. This is the gist of "After the Empire" by Emmanuel Todd. Literacy leads to democracy while militarism only brings pain.

[Vidar]

10. That certainly captures the essence of the neocons.