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• 01 / 30 / 2009

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Marchesi made the statement during the Pedagogia 2009 International Education Congress underway in Havana, where he gave a special lecture about the organization’s educational goals for Ibero-America in 2021.

The official talked about results of global studies that show Cuba as nation with the highest educational performance in the learning of math for six grade students.

He highlighted the effort of Cuban experts in the field, and noted their contribution to the erradication of illiteracy in Venezuela and Bolivia in the years 2006 and 2008, respectively.

Likewise, Marchesi praised the Nicaraguan government’s commitment to eradicate illiteracy by July this year with the collaboration of Cuban teachers.

The OIS secretary general analyzed the educational problems of the region, where only 50 percent of 5-year-old children go to school, while malnutrition affects 7 million of Ibero-American children.

In Cuba pre-school teaching for 6-year-old children is universal and 99 percent of those from zero to five years of age receive educational attention in kindergartens and through a program of non- formal education.

During the first working session of the Congress on Tuesday at Havana’s Convention Center, more than 3,000 delegates from 44 countries discussed pedagogy prospects for the 21st century and theoretical and methodological fundamentals of citizen’s moral education, among other topics.


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