Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, wife Priscilla Chan donate 30 million for literacy initiative

Armenpress 10:48, 7 March, 2018

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, ARMENPRESS. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will donate 30 million dollars to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a literacy initiative aimed at increasing literacy at lower grades, The Boston Globe reported.

The initiative, called Reach Every Reader, is planned for five years.

The universities plan to create a network to enable determining the educational institution where the most serious issues exist.

 

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan



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