The State Institute of Adult Education (IEEA) has launched the “Jaguar Literacy: Adding Wills” program with the ambitious goal of reducing Campeche’s illiterate population from 5.2% to 3.6% and declaring the state free of illiteracy by 2027.
The IEEA aims to teach 10,000 Campecheans to read and write and help 22,000 complete their primary and secondary education. Jorge Sanmiguel Wong, head of the IEEA, announced that the program will be officially introduced in the coming weeks. The goal is to conclude the state administration with less than 4.0% of the population being illiterate.
The program will focus on the municipalities of Calakmul, Candelaria, and Hopelchén, where the highest rates of educational gaps and illiteracy are concentrated. To present the new literacy program, the general director of the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA), Armando Contreras Castillo, will visit Campeche, accompanied by Governor Layda Sansores San Román and Secretary of Education Víctor Sarmiento Maldonado.
“Our slogan, ‘Adding Wills,’ reflects our effort to include all sectors—educational, private, and civil society—in this literacy crusade,” explained Sanmiguel Wong. The IEEA currently operates in 13 municipalities, serving over 482 localities with 89 micro-regions. Recently, 800 volunteers joined the initiative.
“With the literacy of 10,000 people, we aim to reduce the illiterate population from 5.2% to 3.6%, meaning a reduction from 100 to three people who cannot read and write,” Sanmiguel Wong added. The IEEA also plans to address the educational gap, currently affecting 27 people who have not completed their secondary education, with the goal of reducing this number to 24.
Sanmiguel Wong announced that the IEEA will open 200 additional study circles and create special and emerging programs in Calakmul, Candelaria, and Hopelchén. These programs will include Mayan speakers, Mennonites, and people with disabilities, aiming to reach the highest levels of illiteracy in the state.
Source: Por Esto
