Cuban literacy campaign

Cuban literacy campaign
Part of the Consolidation of the Cuban Revolution
	Cuban man being educated in a hospital in 1969 that was built during the literacy campaign.
Date	1960 - 1961
Location	Cuba
Participants	Conrado Benitez Brigadistas, adolescent volunteer teachers in the countryside.; Alfabetizadores populares, adult volunteer teachers in cities.; Patria o Muerte Brigadistas, adult working teachers in cities.; Brigadistas Obreros, adult organizers of the campaign.;
Outcome	International literacy campaigns developed; Majority of Cubans made literate; Militarization of education in Cuba; Due to rumors, parents put children into Operation Peter Pan;

The Cuban literacy campaign (Spanish: Campaña Nacional de Alfabetización en Cuba) was an eight-month long effort to abolish illiteracy in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution.

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