Cuban literacy campaign

Cuban literacy campaign

Part of the Consolidation of the Cuban Revolution
Young literacy brigadista in Cuba.
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.^[1][2]