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*Message to the Cuban Teachers and Professors* *Granma, Havana, 22 December 2011* /Teachers and Professors:/The 1961 Literacy Campaign was the first great cultural work undertaken by the Cuban Revolution, providing the Cuban Education System with a marvellous experience which has contributed to the comprehensive development of our country.
The indispensable and decisive force massively composed of students from the Conrado Benites Brigades, the popular teachers, the "Homeland or Death" workers and brigade members, and supportive teachers and students from other nations, where the teachers played a fundamental role as technical advisors of the literacy units in urban zones and to the teachers' teams in the rural areas, which enabled all zones, even the most remote ones, to be taught how to read and write.
All that huge team made it possible for Cuba to be declared the "First Illiteracy-Free Territory in Latin America" on December 22, 1961. Thus, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro's promise before the UN a year earlier was fulfilled.
Due to its moral strength, this episode has been an example to follow by the new generations of Cubans, and has also served as a model to teach more than five million adults from 28 countries how to read and write.
The Literacy Campaign paved the way to achieving the majority of the Cuban people to participate in the education tasks, together with various institutions and organizations, turning it into a mass phenomenon, to establish the right of all Cubans to have a free and inclusive education, where everyone can achieve the greatest level of knowledge, only limited by their own capacity.
The Education and Higher Education Ministries, and the National Education, Science and Sports Workers Union feel proud for all the people who, in one way or another, contributed to build one of the most beautiful works of the Cuban Revolution for human dignity, and especially for the teachers; their example inspires the teachers who, in the classrooms or else where, sometimes risking their lives, train the new generations of Cubans and brothers from other latitudes.
May you all receive, on this relevant date when we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Literacy Campaign and the Cuban Teacher's Day, our recognition and gratitude.
/Ministry of Education Ministry of Higher Education National Union of Education, Science and Sports Workers Havana, December 22nd, 2011 "Year 53 of the Cuban Revolution"/ *From: http://granma.co.cu/english/news/art0036.html* ** -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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