During an appearance in front of the "First Permanent Committee" of Mexico's Chamber of Diputies the Secretary of Public Security, Genaro Garcia Luna, stated that city police officers in Mexico have an "educational deficit" and pointed out that 70.2%of them lack any education or have an elementary education. 61% of city police are paid less than 4,000 pesos a month.
Juan Castro, head of Mexico's National Institute for Adult Education said that it will take at least 30 years to have 33.4 million Mexicans learn to read and write, as well as to have finish elementary and secondary schooling. He added that the current administration's goal is to reduce the number of uneducated Mexicans from 45.7% in 2006 to 40.9% in 2012.
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