Panama to eradicate
illiteracy by 2009
Panama will eradicate
illiteracy in the
country by 2009,
Panamanian Social
Development Minister
Maria Roquebert
announced Saturday.
The Panamanian
government has approved
an extra budget of 300
million U.S. dollars for
the illiteracy
eradication plan that
will help 5000
illiterates learn to
read and write,
Roquebert said while
attending activities of
the International
Anti-illiteracy Day held
on Sept. 8 every year.
"This is a challenge for
us as well as the whole
of Panamanian society to
eradicate illiteracy and
allow all Panamanians to
receive education,"
Roquebert added.
Panama has a population
of about three million,
with around 168,000
illiterate people, most
of them living in rural
and minority regions,
according to the latest
statistics of Panama's
auditing administration.
But Roquebert said the
actual number of
illiterates in the
country may be higher,
as many as 189,000
people.
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