Education lags behind

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The Dominican Republic is one of the Latin American countries that will fail to meet the Millennium Development goals in the area of education, according to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO says that the DR is lagging behind in education quality, and that the adult literacy rate in the DR is also low. Cuba, according to the report, is the only country in the region on course to meet the goal, while Mexico, Argentina and Chile are close behind. Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are other countries that are far behind. Listin Diario explains that the Millennium Development Goals were created by the UN to help cut poverty in half by 2015. In terms of primary education the region as a whole is doing well, better than most regions, but it is still not enough and the DR has much work to do in this area.

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