Bringing literacy closer to people: Mexico’s continued efforts to reach every learner

The institute received the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize in 2011. Castillo highlights the progress made since then: “Today, the 66 materials we have in the different languages cover 18 states of the Mexican Republic where there is a greater presence of Indigenous-language speakers. Of the 364 existing language variants, we cover around 100.”

For the Institute’s Director-General, this progress is part of a broader shift in how Indigenous identities are valued in the country. “Today, more than ever in Mexico, it is a source of pride to belong to Indigenous Peoples, and we have moved from UNESCO Learning Cities, from that theoretical and practical vision that UNESCO has shared with us, towards the possibility of becoming an educating republic.” 

Today, Mexico has reached a literacy rate of 96 per cent. With optimism, Armando Castillo Contreras adds: “People who learn to read and write practically go from a dark, starless night to seeing the light of knowledge.”

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