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Switzerland fights illiteracy in Albania

This content was published on Nov 20, 2003 The Protestant churches’ charity, HEKS, says poverty, a lack of teachers and fear of gang warfare are the reasons for widespread illiteracy in the country. While the education system was fairly advanced under the country’s communist dictatorship, fewer children have been attending school since the opening of Albania’s borders in 1991. HEKS says many poor…