Panama, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) More than 800 Panamanians learned to read and write amid the Covid-19 pandemic with help of the Cuban literacy method 'Yo si puedo' (Yes, I can), the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) informed on Tuesday.
According to the entity, the 'Muevete por Panama, Yo si Puedo' (Move for Panama, Yes, I can) program allowed to teach many adults to read and write in rural areas and indigenous communities in 2020, through innovative learning techniques and with support of 130 volunteer teachers.
In its 2020 management report, MIDES refers that the reading and writing lessons were concentrated in Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Darien and Panama Oeste provinces, where most of the illiterate people in the country live.
It states that some 327 people are currently receiving classes in 90 facilities established for such purposes, while the goal set before 2021 ends is that more than 1,000 citizens learn to read and write.
With about seven-week duration, the 'Muevete por Panama, Yo si Puedo' program is a basic procedure that teaches students to read and write in 65 classes, as of a methodology that goes from the known (the numbers) to the unknown (the letters).
Since the program was implemented in this country in 2007, the Cuban learning system has reached 77,230 illiterate citizens.
Cuba's 'Yo si Puedo' (Yes, I Can) program was developed by a group of educators, led by Leonela Relys Diaz, who passed away in 2015. They carried out a radio literacy campaign in Haiti in 2001 and the plan was later conceived to be adapted to different social realities and languages.
Given its excellent results, the program received the 2006 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, awarded to the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute based in Cuba.
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In its 2020 management report, MIDES refers that the reading and writing lessons were concentrated in Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Darien and Panama Oeste provinces, where most of the illiterate people in the country live.
It states that some 327 people are currently receiving classes in 90 facilities established for such purposes, while the goal set before 2021 ends is that more than 1,000 citizens learn to read and write.
With about seven-week duration, the 'Muevete por Panama, Yo si Puedo' program is a basic procedure that teaches students to read and write in 65 classes, as of a methodology that goes from the known (the numbers) to the unknown (the letters).
Since the program was implemented in this country in 2007, the Cuban learning system has reached 77,230 illiterate citizens.
Cuba's 'Yo si Puedo' (Yes, I Can) program was developed by a group of educators, led by Leonela Relys Diaz, who passed away in 2015. They carried out a radio literacy campaign in Haiti in 2001 and the plan was later conceived to be adapted to different social realities and languages.
Given its excellent results, the program received the 2006 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, awarded to the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute based in Cuba.
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