Los! Hau Bele! -- `Yo! Si Puedo' comes to Timor-Leste: Cuba assists the eradication of illiteracy
By Bob Boughton In Timor-Leste [East Timor], which is one of the world's newest countries and Australia's poorest Asia-Pacific neighbour, Cuba is delivering an educational aid program which aims to eradicate illiteracy, currently affecting nearly 50% of the adult population, within a period of less than 10 years. The Timor-Leste national literacy campaign, utilising the Cuban-developed Yo! Si Puedo (Yes! I can) audiovisual teaching method, opened its first classes in the capital Dili in June 2007. Eighteen months later, by December 2008, nearly 18,000 adults had completed a course of 65 lessons, led by local village monitors who work under the close supervision of 36 Cuban education advisers deployed throughout the country. If it continues at this rate, the literacy campaign can be expected to have a major impact on the stabilisation and development of Timor-Leste, providing a model for other Pacific countries struggling to overcome their educational disadvantage. http://links.org.au/
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