According to preliminary data, 350,000 Dominicans have now learned to read and write as part of the National Literacy Plan.
Pedro Luis Castellanos, director of the General Office of Special Presidential Programs (DIGEPEP) and Technical Team Coordinator of the “Quisqueya Learns with You” National Literacy Plan said that people began attending the courses in January 2013 and to date 697,455 have been enrolled, representing 82% of the country’s estimated illiterate population.
During a press conference, Unesco Education Programs Specialist Mirtha Velasco said that the country was not prepared for such a large-scale response and that there were problems but they were being channeled through the Ministry of Education.