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Sanders, William – 1983
After the Castro revolution of 1959, the new Cuban revolutionary government began a massive literacy campaign that taught 700,000 persons to read in about a year. Twenty years later, Nicaragua, facing an even more serious literacy problem, conducted a similar literacy campaign. In approximately six months, Nicaragua had reduced illiteracy by 37…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Educational Philosophy
