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| sucharya | Posted
on 31-Jul-03 01:51 AM
In his May Day's speech, Fidel Castro claimed that....(I am wondering if these are just his usual propoganda or objective facts!) .......While under a rigorous blockade and economic warfare that have lasted for almost half a century, Cuba was able to eradicate in just one year the illiteracy that has still not been overcome in the course of more than four decades by the rest of the countries of Latin America, or the United States itself. It has brought free education to 100% of the country's children. It has the highest school retention rateover 99% between kindergarten and ninth gradeof all of the nations in the hemisphere. Its elementary school students rank first worldwide in the knowledge of their mother language and mathematics. The country also ranks first worldwide with the highest number of teachers per capita and the lowest number of students per classroom.................... Source: http://www.monthlyreview.org/0503castro.htm |