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Venezuela Celebrates 11 Years of First Education Program
Venezuela is commemorating today the 11th year of the implementation of the first education program, an initiative carried out using the Cuban method "Yo si puedo" (Yes I Can), which rid the country of illiteracy.
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Venezuela is commemorating today the 11th year of the implementation of the first education program, an initiative carried out using the Cuban method "Yo si puedo" (Yes I Can), which rid the country of illiteracy.
During the first two years of the Robinson Mission, planned by former President Hugo Chavez, 1,482,543 people learned how to read and write, something that was praised by the United Nations' Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
For the authorities, since its creation on July 1st, 2003, the program has been not only an education plan but a social program of the Venezuelan Government, which used a method of 65 lessons to teach millions of people, from historically excluded sectors, how to read and write.
"If we want to eliminate poverty we have to give power to the people and the first power is education", said Chavez at the graduation ceremony of 433 students of the Pilot Plan of the Mission Robinson II, the continuance of the program seeking to achieve sixth grade education at the primary level.
Following the success over illiteracy, the mission extended to higher levels. The first phase became Robinson I, followed by the second stage aimed at completing the primary level. Then came the Ribas Mission seeking to reach the high school level and finally the Sucre Mission to finish college.
The Robinson Mission was named after the pseudonym used by Venezuelan philosopher, professor and intellectual Simon Rodriguez,
teacher of the Liberator Simon Bolivar (1783-1830).
The "Yo si puedo" program, created by Cuban teacher Leonela Relys, is a pedagogical educational method for adults that can be applied in all languages and which has been used to teach millions of illiterate people how to read and write, even in languages like Creole.
During the first two years of the Robinson Mission, planned by former President Hugo Chavez, 1,482,543 people learned how to read and write, something that was praised by the United Nations' Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
For the authorities, since its creation on July 1st, 2003, the program has been not only an education plan but a social program of the Venezuelan Government, which used a method of 65 lessons to teach millions of people, from historically excluded sectors, how to read and write.
"If we want to eliminate poverty we have to give power to the people and the first power is education", said Chavez at the graduation ceremony of 433 students of the Pilot Plan of the Mission Robinson II, the continuance of the program seeking to achieve sixth grade education at the primary level.
Following the success over illiteracy, the mission extended to higher levels. The first phase became Robinson I, followed by the second stage aimed at completing the primary level. Then came the Ribas Mission seeking to reach the high school level and finally the Sucre Mission to finish college.
The Robinson Mission was named after the pseudonym used by Venezuelan philosopher, professor and intellectual Simon Rodriguez,
teacher of the Liberator Simon Bolivar (1783-1830).
The "Yo si puedo" program, created by Cuban teacher Leonela Relys, is a pedagogical educational method for adults that can be applied in all languages and which has been used to teach millions of illiterate people how to read and write, even in languages like Creole.