F. Children belonging to minorities or indigenous groups

F. Children belonging to minorities or indigenous groups

357. 
     The National Committee for Culture and Art (CONCULTURA) has set up an Indigenous Affairs Unit, which has organised the following activities in conjunction with the Ministry of Education: the teaching of N’ahuatl in the microregion of Sonsonate, in the Municipalities of Juayúa, Nahuizalco, Salcoatitán, Santa Isabel and Ishuatán; teaching of N’ahuatl at Casas de la Cultura de Santo Domingo de Guzmán in Sonsonate, and Tacuba in Ahuachapán, an initiative of the private organization Institute for the Preservation of the N’ahuatl Language (IRIN); preparation of texts in N’ahuatl for the preservation of the language and the setting-up of clubs for N’ahuatl-speaking adults - and participation in the “Bilingual Intercultural Education in Central America” project (indigenous education).
     
358. 
     The Ministry of Education and CONCULTURA also jointly developed the Project for Preservation of the N'ahuatl Language in El Salvador. The project basically consisted of drawing up a sociolinguistic map of El Salvador through local research; the preparation of language learning booklets; procedural guides for language teaching - and the training of teachers from 25 schools in the departments of Sonsonate and Ahuachapán.
     

359. 
     Achievements of the above project, which has been ongoing since 2006 with the participation of MINED, include:
     

b) Profile of Indigenous Peoples in El Salvador (CONCULTURA document /2004), giving information on their historical background, their current situation and their future prospects.

360. 
     CONCULTURA has worked on indigenous culture with the Salvadoran Institute for Women’s Development (ISDEMU), including components of promoting identity, indigenous rights, traditional health and medicine, research and publications on indigenous matters, support for the development of indigenous women, etc.
     
361. 
     In the area of literacy, 52% of participants in the Basic Literacy Programme for adults are women, of which a significant percentage of whom are indigenous women from the Department of Sonsonate.
     
362. 
     An equal opportunities plan has also been developed that involves 16 municipalities from the Department of Sonsonate, where most of the indigenous population is concentrated: Sonsonate, Nahuizalco, Santo Domingo de Guzmán (which also benefits from the Solidarity Network Programme), Nahuilingo, Sonsacate, San Antonio del Monte, Acajutla, Izalco, Armenia, San Julián, Santa Isabel Ishuatán, CuisN’ahuatl, Caluco, Juayúa, Santa Catarina Masahuat and Salcoatitán.
     

1. 
   The Gender Information and Indicator System: gender and equality information and indicators as established in the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Millennium Development Goals;
   
2. 
   Institution-building: research into the situation of gender in El Salvador; changing the discriminatory practices occurring in the classroom and in community dynamics.
   
1. 
   As far as campaigns carried out for indigenous children are concerned, CONCULTURA is developing the project “Revitalisation of the N’ahuatl language”, in conjunction with Universidad Don Bosco and MINED. The following table shows the coverage for children benefiting from the project during the reporting period.
   

Figure 92

Pupils benefiting by school and municipality

Year	School	Municipality	Pupils
2004	Dr. Mario Calvo Marroquín	Izalco	105
	Pablo Sexto	Nahuizalco	75
2005	Dr. Mario Calvo Marroquín	Izalco	209
	Cantón Quebrada Española	Izalco	72
	Pablo Sexto	Nahuizalco	150
	Cantón Anal Arriba	Nahuizalco	40
	Caserio Santa Teresa	Armenia	73
2006	Dr. Mario Calvo Marroquín	Izalco	388
	Cantón Quebrada Española	Izalco	145
	Pablo Sexto	Nahuizalco	213
	Cantón Anal Arriba	Nahuizalco	80
	Caserio Santa Teresa	Armenia	233
Total			1783

Source: CONCULTURA

364. 
     All the schools are located in the Department of Sonsonate, in the west of the country, where the highest percentage of indigenous people of nahua-pipil descent live.
     
365. 
     On 1 February 2006, an Educational Support Committee for Indigenous Affairs was set up,⁵³ which binds CONCULTURA and the Ministry of Education to ensure the education of indigenous people by drawing up a policy aiming to promote the recognition and appreciation of indigenous cultures in the country.
     
366. 
     No data are currently available to indicate the number of indigenous minors although it is hoped to obtain information in 2008 as a result of the National Population Census of 2007.
     

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