The “Yo, sí puedo” literacy method:
Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 17 p.m. Genevaux Amphitheater, take part in the international seminar “Yo, sí puedo”: a Cuban proposal to the problem of illiteracy in Reunion. Seminar organized by Salim Lamrani, Lecturer at the University of La Réunion
One of Cuba's great successes in education and international cooperation is the “Yo, sí puedo” literacy program.
Created in 2001 within the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute (IPLAC) of the Cuban Ministry of Education, with the objective of providing a response to this problem on the continent and throughout the world, this method has has been successfully applied in thirty countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Western Europe and has made it possible to make more than 10 million adults literate in nine languages. Since 2023, a delegation of two Cuban specialists has been in Reunion as part of a cooperation agreement with the municipality of Saint-Paul to evaluate the possibilities of its application on the island.
In the presence of:
- Grissel González Llerena, literacy specialist at the Cuban Ministry of Education
- Deisy Garabito Rodríguez, literacy specialist at the Cuban Ministry of Education
- Perceval Gaillard, Member of Parliament for Réunion, leader of the “Yo, Sí Puedo Réunion” project in Saint-Paul
- Salim Lamrani, HDR lecturer, leader of the “Yo, Sí Puedo Réunion” project in Saint-Paul