Mission Robinson

On May 23, 2003, the government implemented a pilot plan in the Capital District and the states of Vargas, Miranda and Aragua.

[citation needed] On 28 October 2005, Venezuela declared itself a "Territory Free of Illiteracy".

[2] According to Francisco Rodríguez of Wesleyan University in Connecticut and Daniel Ortega of IESA, there has been “little evidence” of “statistically distinguishable effect on Venezuelan illiteracy”.

[1] The Venezuelan government claimed that it had taught 1.5 million Venezuelans to read,[2] but the study found that "only 1.1m were illiterate to begin with" and that the illiteracy reduction of less than 100,000 can be attributed to adults that were elderly and died.

In October 2006, Venezuelan Education Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz clarified that Venezuela had not received a UNESCO certification because the organisation does not certify literacy programs.