In a recent interview, Mari
Carmen Ecoro, minister of education and science, discussed Equatorial Guinea’s high literacy rate at
93 percent and educational challenges facing the African nation.
Equatorial Guinea’s literacy rate
is the product of cooperation and
partnership with world-renowned universities in the United States, Latin
America, Europe and Asia, notes Ecoro. “Whatever they offer us as a
cooperation, we tailor that to the objectives of the government had identified.
Sometimes, when you learn from the best, the best seem to forget that they are
the providers of the knowledge. We exceeded the expectations. We learned it
from the best and we use it so it can benefit us,” said Ecoro.
Ecoro also commented that the greatest opportunity lies in the
ministry’s commitment to putting children first, and everything else second.
“Yesterday, there was another minister of education, today, I’m the Minister of
Education, and tomorrow there can be someone else. It is important to keep in
mind that we are here to serve and not the other way around.”
