More Villages to Benefit from Literacy and Numeracy Training Program

USAID's small grants program and the Ministry of Education recently trained members of a local NGO in the western border district of Bobonaro to deliver literacy and numeracy courses to five villages starting this month. The training of trainers signals the expansion of USAID’s literacy and numeracy training program for economically active adults to Bobonaro, thus far the eighth district (out of 13) covered by the program. Since 2005, USAID has supported the development of basic literacy and numeracy skills among almost 2,000 people, 75% of whom are women. Timor-Leste is suffering from a high illiteracy rate of over 50%, with women comprising two-thirds of the illiterate population. (September 10, 2007)

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