Havana, Feb 23 (AIN) Cuba and Ecuador agreed to cooperate on the consolidation and expansion of a Cuban literacy method called "Yes I Can" for young people and adults in the South American nation. The cooperation agreement was signed on Tuesday in Havana by Cuba's Education Minister Luis Ignacio Gomez and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Roberto Passailaigue Baquerizo. The overall effort will promote scientific-academic exchange, the training of teachers and basic education. The document acknowledges UNICEF's recognition of the Cuban teaching method and the program's positive results in areas of Ecuador such as Cotacachi. Gomez said that during the 22nd Meeting of Education Ministers of signatory-nations of the Andres Bello Agreement, held recently in Havana, both countries expressed interest in moving forward with educational cooperation. Today's agreement is a concrete response to the need to eradicate illiteracy and respond to the goals of the UN proposed Education for All initiative, said the Cuban official. The Cuban "Yes I Can" literacy method offers to educate larges masses of people in a short period of time employing novel teaching methods as well as television and video. A host of countries - including Haiti, Nigeria, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras and Venezuela - are already using the revolutionary method.
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