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The Grand Centennial Plan aimed to build a network of schools, uniformed by region, that would obey the pedagogical and hygienic criteria of the time. The buildings would be adapted to reflect the differences in climate, material resources, and processes of construction of each region. The plan was officially approved in 1944, and had began its first phase that same year. It would extend beyond Marquez's mandate, with its sixth phase in 1959. It was replaced in 1961 by the "New Grand Construction Plan". Between 1940 and 1950m the number of primary schools grew from 23,000 to 45,000.

In 1952, while 81.4% of the children aged 11 to 12 were literate, only 6.3% of them had finished the compulsory six years of education, mostly due to their parents, who were often rather impoverished, needing them for the farms or to get a job to help support the family. In that same year, a vast multi-pronged Plan for the People's Education was launched with the intent of reducing adolescent and adult illiteracy and to ensure that every child of school age is in school as legally required. This plan included fines for parents who did not comply, and these were strictly enforced, often escalating to imprisonment if some of the parents refused to comply and send their children to school. Adult illiteracy was tackled through the use of {{wp|night school|night schools}}.