The unconsciousness of the problem 

 

Leaving aside natural causes such as learning disabilities, that there is nothing to do on them, there are also some causes that are nothing to do with predestination, and they could be prevented. One of the most common cause is the inter generational transmission, that is when the parents didn't accede to an education, so they don't care about that, and for this reason, they don't force their children to study, they don't teach them, and they don't study or quit even after trying. Another important cause are the difficult living conditions like poverty, as some times, children need to work instead of study, to buy food, and help their families, so they don't have time to study and they never learn how to read and write. Although there are a lot more causes, these are the most common causes and no mattes what the cause is, this have a Lott of consequences, not just for the individuals, but also to the society. For the individual it is a big problem, as they can't understand some essential information, they are usually unemployed and if they are not, most of them are working for a small amount of money. For the other hand, for society the society, as literacy is essential for states to be competitive in the new global knowledge economy, the growth rate is also affected and as they have difficulties for understanding some laws, they could cause damage to their community.

 

Maria Fernanda Covaleda.

 

The problem of illiteracy is observed mainly in developing countries because these countries do not have a good political and economic organization. One of the principal affected country is Haiti located in Central America. According to the statistics of the UNICEF Haiti has an index of 48.7% of literate people, which means that more than 50% of the population is illiterate  This country have a bad political and economic organization, is one of the most poverty countries in the world so, for that reason, few people can go to the school and receive quality education. Political authorities can not provide basic education because of the few resources they have and very few international organizations involved in reducing illiteracy.

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_statistics.html

                                     

                                                                                         Alejandra Uscategui Montaña

 

The earthquake that changed education in Haiti.

Haiti is the poorest in the Western hemisphere country. It ranked eleventh in the ranking of countries with illiteracy in the world. His misfortune began with the earthquake on January 12 of 2010, which, destroyed its entire government infrastructure and plunged into a deep crisis of public administration. For this reason, the Caribbean island has deficit of financial resources that could help to solve their various problems, including education.

Finally, President Michel Martelly has the difficult task of finding a way of funding to allow construct new public schools and have the necessary tools that allow children to study again.

                         

Juan Sebastián Murcia Rodríguez

 

Across the political situation of Haiti, education has emerged as a central topic on the plans for reconstruction and the future development of the country. President Michel Martelly proposed to ensure free education for all children. For his part, the Ex President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, on his return to Haiti, said his desire to focus mainly on education.

In 2015 the FLSN made a campaign as volunteers and found 60,000 students and 30,000 teachers, mainly from the cities, they were moved to the rural areas to teach reading and writing to more than 400,000 people. The campaign involved more than one fifth of the population of the country. The 60% of the volunteers were women, as well as 50% of the students. After five months illiteracy had fallen by two-thirds to 13 %.

 

Dilmary Cecilia Fernandez T.