Education of Cuba

PREPARED BY: rodmar bondoc

PRIMARY EDUCATION
 Cuban education was nationalized in 1959 at a time when
less than half the children had access to education.
 Today the island has the highest literacy rate in the
world, although schooling does come at a cost of
loyalty to the state, and an obligation to do community
service as well.
 The process begins with 6 years of primary education,
during which time the "3 R's" of reading, writing and
rhymetic are taught.
MIDDLE EDUCATION

 The purpose of the 3 years of middle education in Cuba

is to provide a grounding in traditional school
subjects like languages, technology and social science.

 Thereafter pupils choose to go on to secondary school,

or switch to vocational training to prepare them for a
practical career.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

 A student who proceeds to vocational training following

middle school may follow two streams. These are skilled
worker courses, and programs that provide middle-level
technicians.
 Graduates of the latter courses with good grades have
the choice of going on to technological institutes for
further training.
EDUCATION - ECONOMY

 The education system is 100% subsidized by the

government.
 Cuba has the best education system in Latin American and
the Caribbean and the only country on the continent to
have a high-level teaching faculty.
EDUCATION - ECONOMY
 Cuba is also the nation in the world that allocates the
highest share of its national budget, 13 percent, to
education.
 Cuba also maintains close co-operation on education with
the United Kingdom and other nations in the European
Union and other country for academic collaboration.
 The unemployment rate of Cuba is 2.6% as year 2017.
CULTURE OF CUBA