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11-25-2008, 02:10 PM
Education Minister Melanio Paredes has announced the ambitious goal of reducing illiteracy in the DR to 0% by 2015. Paredes said that the only thing that frees people is the ability to overcome ignorance. Hoy reports that the DR's illiteracy rate currently stands at 11%. Paredes did not provide concrete details about how this goal would be accomplished. In 2008, the DR spent just 2% of its GDP on education. For 2009, Paredes said he would be happy to get 2.5% of the GDP in his budgetary allotment.
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