CUBAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

A new day care was opened this Wednesday in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, on occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the creation of those children institutions.»

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro inaugurated on Tuesday a school complex in the Havana municipality of Playa, named after Cuban heroine Vilma Espin Guillois.»

Cuban education and health cooperation agreements include undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for foreign students mainly from Latin American, African, and Asian countries.»

The International Congress “Pedagogia 2013” takes place in this capital with a program including special lectures by UNESCO Assistant Director-General Qian Tang, and UNICEF representative in Cuba Seija Toro.»

The 2012-2013 school year was joyfully started in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, where over 74 000 students will attend classes since this September 3rd.  »

Several educational institutions from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus will welcome the next school year, to begin September 3rd, in better shape.»

Important experiences and topics are being discussed in Sancti Spiritus in the corresponding municipal forums prior the Pedagogia 2013 (Pedagogy 2013) international event scheduled for February, next year.»

Cuba will give priority to the technical and professional education in the next academic year to begin in September, as a way to contribute to the process of changes in the economy and society.»

Sancti Spiritus province has provided shelter to children without family protection for more than a quarter of a century, as part of the Cuban state policy concerning the care of children and adolescents, a concept through which more than a hundred children have been looked after.»

With barely three percent of schools with internet access, Cuba is working today on a portable version of the website www.cubaeduca.cu that has contents and suggestions for different school levels.»