Improving literacy of children through support of community networks - Honduras

Honduras experiences high illiteracy rates and marked inequalities in education between urban and rural regions, with rates of household poverty increasing significantly over the last decade, from 60% of households in 2010 to 74% in 2021 (National Institute of Statistics, 2021). According to UNESCO’s Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (2015), Honduras has an average illiteracy rate of 11.51%. Although Honduras established the National Plan for Literacy, 2014-2017, trends show it would take 20 years to reduce illiteracy rates to below 5%. In 2018 the literacy rate for both male and female adults (15 year old and above) was 87% (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2020).