Effort to abolish illiteracy in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution
Cuban literacy campaign
Part of the Consolidation of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban man being educated in a hospital in 1969 that was built during the literacy campaign.
Date
1960 - 1961
Location
Cuba
Participants
Conrado Benitez Brigadistas, adolescent volunteer teachers in the countryside.
Alfabetizadores populares, adult volunteer teachers in cities.
Patria o Muerte Brigadistas, adult working teachers in cities.
Brigadistas Obreros, adult organizers of the campaign.
Outcome
International literacy campaigns developed
Majority of Cubans made literate
Militarization of education in Cuba
Due to rumors, parents put children into Operation Peter Pan
The Cuban literacy campaign (Spanish: Campaña Nacional de Alfabetización en Cuba) was an eight-month long effort to abolish illiteracy in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution.[1][2]
^Perez, Louis A. Cuba Between Reform and Revolution. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. Print.
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