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A day like today, September 8, 1967 every year, UNESCO celebrates International Day Literacy. For this reason, I share with you some facts and reflections.

People with more and better reading habits, have larger vocabularies and thus better understand what they read, and thus be able to use what they learn. In previous posts we referred to the high levels of literacy in our country, however, these data should be analyzed carefully, because times change and needs to address these changes as well.

Although the number of people who never had contact with the educational system, and basically became known as illiterate, goes down, I technical educational lines differ illiteracy and functional illiteracy or illiterate subjects. E T here the group of individuals who started but not completed primary education and even to read and write, become part of the category known as the functionally illiterate or illiterate , that is, these people do not have the capacity to fully understand what they read or communicate clearly, both orally and in writing. An illiterate person can understand a simple message, but its mechanism reader is not able to distinguish the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe secondary ideas and concepts not know how to use reading, because among other reasons, no minimum vocabulary.

This problem is really worrying, as we raised the philosopher Arnoldo Mora: " One of the most important is formal education, especially in the last years of secondary schooling and higher education is to teach young people to think abstractly ... " , referring to education, later continuing " ... supposed to know what it is thinking and what is the appropriate method to induce the habit of thinking of a young generation more inclined to TV ... to read critically and depth even be newspapers. " (Revista Nacional de Cultura UNED, N. 55.)

The situation is worrisome functional illiterates in the first place, because it is a group that is growing every day, secondly, as they become a vulnerable group in some sectors, is exploited, do not get economic stability and this significantly affects the psychological level.

time ago it was thought sufficient to read and write, as this was the right time, however, times change and historical development of literacy has evolved, no longer seen as an objective in itself, to use as an instrument for achieving social and individual purposes and has spent more complex, from the mid-seventies, to the conceptualization of literacy as a fundamental right of individuals around the world.

Someone never entered the education system is obviously illiterate, however, one of the most common forms of functional illiteracy is contracted through disuse, ie those who lose their skills. Other groups at risk to fall in illiteracy are those who, by phenomena of social and cultural marginalization, or there is some sort of geographical isolation, as the case of our Aboriginal people are separated from written material. This misinformation causes in our country, for example, that indigenous women have serious health problems, sexual and reproductive health, for lack of a culture of prevention and ignorance, by their own customs are exploited.

The technological illiteracy refers to the inability to use new technologies in everyday life and in the workplace and does not conflict with academic education in other subjects. In other words, any person may be or become a technological illiterate, regardless of their level of education and even social class or purchasing power.

But if we delve into this subject further, we can extend the term to the field of science and a distinguished scientist said the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Edgardo Moreno: " Science in Costa Rica is not important for most people. We are few scientists, here there is no one to talk to compare the findings ( NATION, July 31, 2008 ), under the I Rican Day Scientific Culture, where sets highlighted a concern shared by many scientists, where we found a kind of scientific illiteracy and in many cases, those who have studied a career in science, including doctoral studies at prestigious universities, returning our country and do not know how to communicate, do not write, do not criticize, do not contribute to local growth of science.

Costa Rica both in the fight, and he is doing but sometimes shyly, to ensure that the majority of the population is not in these groups, we will meet the challenges that threaten us as independent and sovereign nation. Thus, a major challenge of education is, first, to encourage the reading habit to start a culture of information. But it must go further, you must cross the threshold of the different forms of illiteracy. The technology and science will, I feel, the most important to overcome, to reach levels of development we need and, no, that we deserve. Part of this challenge is to develop a model curriculum to strengthen the quality of education that enhances the capabilities required to insert and integrate in a world with a globalized economy where science and technology becomes stronger every day.

"The more you read, does more harm
that reads"

Miguel de Unamuno