Morocco announces plan to eradicate illiteracy by 2015
Morocco, Education, 4/4/2003

The Moroccan government has devised a national plan to eradicate illiteracy in the country by 2015, it was officially announced this Thursday.

The plan seeks to cut illiteracy from 48 percent of the 30-million population now to 35 percent in 2004, 20 percent in 2010, before its complete eradication by 2015, Moroccan communication minister and government spokesman, Nabil Benabdallah, told the press at the end of the weekly government meeting.

The plan, devised in accordance with the National Education and Training Charter, provides for actions targeting people aged 5 to 45 years with priority given to women and to rural world populations, the official said.

Only 400,000 people currently attend literacy courses throughout Morocco.

A countrywide awareness campaigns are envisioned to win the population's adherence to the drive.

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