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At School No. 16 in Cerro Chato, one of the most
populous in the rural heart of Paysandú, the “Reading
for All” project is being rolled out to allow the
108 children to access up-to-date recreational and
educational books.
In 2013 the teaching team found that the weakest
area of learning among its 108 students was in
terms of literacy.
In order to improve the results of this diagnosis, they
presented the “Reading for All” project to the UPM
Foundation. The aim of the project is “to improve the
written output of the students by giving them access
to a range of updated literary resources and by
encouraging reading and the enjoyment of reading”.
Within the framework of this project, the UPM
Foundation collaborated by providing textbooks
and study books covering the needs of children from
PROMOTING READING AS
AN ENGINE FOR LEARNING
pre-school age to year nine. The head of School
No. 16, Ms Alejandra Andrada, explained that the
centre “did not have any type of materials, either
recreational for the smaller children or educational
for year sixth upwards”. The proposal therefore
attempts to recover the importance of reading as a
learning tool.
“Here we have little access to materials, reading
spaces and updated information”, said Andrada. In
fact, the institution has not had access to the internet
for the past few months so books have become
the only access to information. So much so that at
secondary school level (years 7, 8 and 9) the books
received under the project were used by teachers as
the main books to teach the classes. “Textbooks have
been essential for the secondary school”, summarises
Andrada.
For the younger ones, the project has provided them
ACCESS TO INFORMATIVE MATERIALS AND READING SPACES
STRENGTHENING THE PROPOSAL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
ObjeCtivES
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To provide our students with study
material
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To highlight the importance of
reading as an information tool
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To bring the community to the
centre so that they can have access
to reading materials
Books
Teachers
Students
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2014 ANNUAL REPORT