With the aim of promoting a common regional literacy agenda, the 2025 Regional Meeting of the Reading Comprehension Movement will take place from last Tuesday to the 16th of this month. A conclave that brings together representatives of governments, civil society, multilateral organizations and universities, as well as teachers and managers from Latin America. The sessions take place virtually and can be followed via YouTube.
The initiative is being developed in a context where one in two students in the region does not reach the basic level of reading comprehension, according to data from UNESCO’s latest ERCE assessment.
In this sense, the event will bring together more than 50 educational leaders from different countries in the region and will be organized by the Reading Comprehension Movement, which brings together leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
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The sessions will be broadcast publicly on YouTube, with one-hour thematic blocks spread over six days.
It can also be followed at Movimientocomrensionlectora.org.
As the organizers explained, “the focus of the event will be on the priority of early literacy and reading comprehension in the regional education agenda.”
With this definition in mind, key topics will address scientific evidence on practices and policies that work, progress and challenges, building regional alliances and the role of society.
International specialists such as Andreas Schleicher (OECD), Rukmini Banerji (Pratham), Ben Piper (Gates Foundation), Jaime Saavedra (World Bank), Mercedes Mateo (IDB), Andrés Delich (OEI), Valtencir Mendes (UNESCO), Ítalo Dutra (UNICEF), Miriam Preckler (CAF – Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean), Emiliana Vegas (Harvard) and David Saad will take part in the meeting (Natura Institute).
Among the representatives from Argentina, José Goity (Minister of Education of Santa Fe), Ignacio Ibarzábal (Argentinean for Education) and Juan Ignacio Ustarroz (Mayor of Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province) confirmed their presence.
In addition, national, regional, state and local education authorities from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay will participate. The full program of the event can be viewed at Movimientocomrensionlectora.org.
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