Illiteracy down

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Education Minister Alejandrina German says that illiteracy in the DR has declined to 10.8%, down from 13%, in the last 10 years making her confident that the DR would reach the Millennium Development Goals in time. The Goals seek to eliminate illiteracy by 2015, but the Minister is confident that this could be achieved by 2012. The Minister made her comments during a ceremony honoring 17 institutions that taught 200,000 adults to read. She also announced that by the end of January 28,972 people would be certified as literate.

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