For the first time in the history of Concordia, a program of this nature is being carried out with the objective of combating illiteracy in people over 18 years of age. “Among all the public policies we have available, education is the most powerful tool for transformation,” remarked the Mayor.
This Friday, Mayor Francisco Azcué carried out the presentation of the Municipal Literacy Plan “Aprender sin Límites,” an initiative driven by the Undersecretariat of Education, under the Secretariat of Human Development, which marks a milestone in the history of Concordia as it is the first time that an integral strategy to combat illiteracy in people over 18 years of age has been promoted independently.
Said plan has received the collaboration of the Argentine Delegation to the Mixed Technical Commission of Salto Grande.
These materials were designed as practical, accessible tools adapted to the diversity of the neighborhoods of Concordia. They form a key piece to achieve the program's objectives, as they represent an accessible and approachable methodology, designed to generate a real impact on each participant.
Present were the Secretary of Human Development, Eng. Sebastián Arístide; the Undersecretary of Education, Prof. Carlos Gatto; the Executive Director for Project Monitoring of the “Potenciar Argentina” Foundation, Ezequiel Bustamante; the Pedagogical Director of the same Foundation, Sofía Collar; and Professor Sonia Galeano, who was in charge of designing the Mathematics and Language workbooks for the Literacy Plan.
Also accompanying were council members, national, provincial, and municipal officials; among them the head of the Departmental Education Office, Julio Barrios.
PURPOSE
The program's purpose is to provide concrete tools to facilitate social and digital inclusion, promoting personal and community development. The plan will last approximately 7 months and includes weekly classes held three times a week in various neighborhoods of the city, ensuring that education is within everyone's reach.
During the presentation, it was made clear that the classes will be led by teachers specifically trained to work with adults, guaranteeing quality pedagogical support that responds to the particular needs of this group.
It is worth clarifying that the identification of this problem and the definition of priorities have been possible thanks to the joint work between the Undersecretariat of Education and the Secretariat of Human Development. The collaboration was implemented through the “Relevar” Project, which allowed for obtaining key data on illiteracy rates in citizens over 18 years of age.
“SOLVING ROOT PROBLEMS”
Mayor Azcué recalled that reaching this objective responds to what was established at the beginning of his administration when work and planning began under the postulate that states “that one cannot transform what one does not know,” and the “Relevar” Project aimed in that direction.
This step enabled knowing the reality of many neighborhoods in the city “with names and surnames, because for our administration, people are not a number. This allowed us to act in some cases in emergencies, but also to project and plan in the long term to be able to solve root problems and not live by making a cult of the emergency.”
Part of that planning includes “Aprender sin Límites,” since “among all the public policies we have available, education is the most powerful tool for transformation. Everything takes more work, effort, and investment, and that is why I want to highlight the team” that has been working these months from the Undersecretariat of Education and the Secretariat of Human Development.
The Municipal Literacy Plan “is a milestone in the city,” and without failing to recognize that “there is still much to be done, one would have to see which other cities have carried out, from a municipality, a literacy program of these characteristics.”
Finally, he highlighted and thanked the collaboration of the head of the Argentine Delegation to the Mixed Technical Commission of Salto Grande, Ambassador Alejandro Daneri, for the contribution to the printing of the workbooks, and the “Potenciar Argentina” Foundation.
THE URGENT AND THE IMPORTANT
After celebrating the launch of the Literacy Plan, Arístide acknowledged that in day-to-day life “one has to choose between the urgent and the transcendent things that Concordia asks for, and unfortunately, the urgent sometimes sets the agenda and does not let you see that perspective of the profound.”
With this plan, “we are celebrating precisely working on the basis of a social epidemic: We do not realize what it is like for a person who does not know how to read or write, and there are thousands of illiterate residents of Concordia, many people suffering great injustice for a long time,” for which he considered that “it is a historic day because first, we revealed them, we brought them to light, and then we started doing something about it, so we are sowing a different Concordia and that must be celebrated.”
DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, AND OPPORTUNITIES
In his turn, Undersecretary of Education Gatto pointed out that “to speak of literacy is to speak of dignity, of autonomy, of opportunities; it is to speak of doors that open and dreams that begin to come true.”
In that sense, he detailed that “according to the Relevar Program, thousands of people in our city still do not know how to read or write, and we cannot allow this reality to continue; we cannot accept that in the middle of the 21st century there are residents who cannot access education, who cannot write their name or read.”
It was for that reason that “we took on this challenge, with the firm conviction that education is the most powerful engine of transformation we have, and for that reason, this program has been carefully designed to ensure that every person who needs it has access to quality education, with classes adapted to their times and needs.”
Finally, emphasizing that literacy “is not just a pedagogical act, it is an act of social justice, it is a fundamental right that today, with this plan, we are guaranteeing.”
FUTURE
Ezequiel Bustamante, from the Potenciar Foundation, thanked the current municipal administration for the implementation of these programs and projects, where “the idea is that they are linked to the people, to their community, and to the people they affect, mainly as multipliers.”
“From the foundation, we could not agree more with the axes of this administration because we understand that Education is the way to bet on the future that our country requires, which is why we are very happy to be part of this launch.”
This Friday, Mayor Francisco Azcué carried out the presentation of the Municipal Literacy Plan “Aprender sin Límites,” an initiative driven by the Undersecretariat of Education, under the Secretariat of Human Development, which marks a milestone in the history of Concordia as it is the first time that an integral strategy to combat illiteracy in people over 18 years of age has been promoted independently.
Said plan has received the collaboration of the Argentine Delegation to the Mixed Technical Commission of Salto Grande.
These materials were designed as practical, accessible tools adapted to the diversity of the neighborhoods of Concordia. They form a key piece to achieve the program's objectives, as they represent an accessible and approachable methodology, designed to generate a real impact on each participant.
Present were the Secretary of Human Development, Eng. Sebastián Arístide; the Undersecretary of Education, Prof. Carlos Gatto; the Executive Director for Project Monitoring of the “Potenciar Argentina” Foundation, Ezequiel Bustamante; the Pedagogical Director of the same Foundation, Sofía Collar; and Professor Sonia Galeano, who was in charge of designing the Mathematics and Language workbooks for the Literacy Plan.
Also accompanying were council members, national, provincial, and municipal officials; among them the head of the Departmental Education Office, Julio Barrios.
PURPOSE
The program's purpose is to provide concrete tools to facilitate social and digital inclusion, promoting personal and community development. The plan will last approximately 7 months and includes weekly classes held three times a week in various neighborhoods of the city, ensuring that education is within everyone's reach.
During the presentation, it was made clear that the classes will be led by teachers specifically trained to work with adults, guaranteeing quality pedagogical support that responds to the particular needs of this group.
It is worth clarifying that the identification of this problem and the definition of priorities have been possible thanks to the joint work between the Undersecretariat of Education and the Secretariat of Human Development. The collaboration was implemented through the “Relevar” Project, which allowed for obtaining key data on illiteracy rates in citizens over 18 years of age.
“SOLVING ROOT PROBLEMS”
Mayor Azcué recalled that reaching this objective responds to what was established at the beginning of his administration when work and planning began under the postulate that states “that one cannot transform what one does not know,” and the “Relevar” Project aimed in that direction.
This step enabled knowing the reality of many neighborhoods in the city “with names and surnames, because for our administration, people are not a number. This allowed us to act in some cases in emergencies, but also to project and plan in the long term to be able to solve root problems and not live by making a cult of the emergency.”
Part of that planning includes “Aprender sin Límites,” since “among all the public policies we have available, education is the most powerful tool for transformation. Everything takes more work, effort, and investment, and that is why I want to highlight the team” that has been working these months from the Undersecretariat of Education and the Secretariat of Human Development.
The Municipal Literacy Plan “is a milestone in the city,” and without failing to recognize that “there is still much to be done, one would have to see which other cities have carried out, from a municipality, a literacy program of these characteristics.”
Finally, he highlighted and thanked the collaboration of the head of the Argentine Delegation to the Mixed Technical Commission of Salto Grande, Ambassador Alejandro Daneri, for the contribution to the printing of the workbooks, and the “Potenciar Argentina” Foundation.
THE URGENT AND THE IMPORTANT
After celebrating the launch of the Literacy Plan, Arístide acknowledged that in day-to-day life “one has to choose between the urgent and the transcendent things that Concordia asks for, and unfortunately, the urgent sometimes sets the agenda and does not let you see that perspective of the profound.”
With this plan, “we are celebrating precisely working on the basis of a social epidemic: We do not realize what it is like for a person who does not know how to read or write, and there are thousands of illiterate residents of Concordia, many people suffering great injustice for a long time,” for which he considered that “it is a historic day because first, we revealed them, we brought them to light, and then we started doing something about it, so we are sowing a different Concordia and that must be celebrated.”
DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, AND OPPORTUNITIES
In his turn, Undersecretary of Education Gatto pointed out that “to speak of literacy is to speak of dignity, of autonomy, of opportunities; it is to speak of doors that open and dreams that begin to come true.”
In that sense, he detailed that “according to the Relevar Program, thousands of people in our city still do not know how to read or write, and we cannot allow this reality to continue; we cannot accept that in the middle of the 21st century there are residents who cannot access education, who cannot write their name or read.”
It was for that reason that “we took on this challenge, with the firm conviction that education is the most powerful engine of transformation we have, and for that reason, this program has been carefully designed to ensure that every person who needs it has access to quality education, with classes adapted to their times and needs.”
Finally, emphasizing that literacy “is not just a pedagogical act, it is an act of social justice, it is a fundamental right that today, with this plan, we are guaranteeing.”
FUTURE
Ezequiel Bustamante, from the Potenciar Foundation, thanked the current municipal administration for the implementation of these programs and projects, where “the idea is that they are linked to the people, to their community, and to the people they affect, mainly as multipliers.”
“From the foundation, we could not agree more with the axes of this administration because we understand that Education is the way to bet on the future that our country requires, which is why we are very happy to be part of this launch.”