Managua -  The Nicaraguan people will this month be closer to the goal of declaring the country free from illiteracy, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution.

Sources from the education sector indicated several municipalities are working in that direction, to notably reduce the illiteracy rate. El Castillo, in Rio San Juan department, is among those municipalities to soon accomplish that goal, with a rate likely to be below 3 percent.

May was a successful month, with over 90 municipalities declared illiteracy-free territories, allowing the country to have in July a rate below the one requested by UNESCO.

So far this year, nearly 90,000 Nicaraguans have learned to read and write, and are committed to getting their sixth grade certificate by 2015, an objective announced by Education Minister Miguel de Castilla.

INSIDECOSTARICA.COM, 02 June 2009
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