Nicaraguans Learning with Cuban Literacy Method
Nicaraguans who are expected to work in the literacy campaign as of July 17 in this country started to become familiar with the Cuban audio-visual method "Yo Si Puedo" (Yes, I Can).

The Education Ministry issued a release that the First Methodological Workshop was given in this capital on Saturday by Orlando Gutierrez, chief of the Cuban pedagogical advisors.

The aim, states the text, is to spread the literacy method among activists from the country's departments and autonomous regions, to organize and develop the National Literacy Campaign "From Marti to Fidel."

The drive, whose goal is to declare Nicaragua free of illiteracy by 2009, bears the names of the Cuban National Hero and the president of the island, in appreciation of the Cuban support, Education Minister Miguel De Castilla stated.

In addition to the "Yo Si Puedo," which allows an illiterate person to read and write in only six weeks, the Caribbean island has offered the Central American country pedagogical assessment and all technical equipment for the campaign.

The new Cuban method is being implemented in Nicaragua since 2005, after the arrival of the first TVs, VHS-format videos and Cuban teachers to back the work of the Carlos Fonseca Amador Education Association.