An image of a blackboard at a school in Santiago de Cuba goes viral: "Achievements of the revolution"

A photo of a school blackboard in Santiago de Cuba shared by independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada has gone viral on Facebook.

"Achievements of a revolutionary education in Cuba," the reporter said sarcastically.

The image depicts the Josué País school in the city of Santiago, and in it, you can see a piece of what was once a blackboard, with a huge hole and on a table leaned against the wall.

Dozens of internet users commented indignantly on the post.

"And you haven't seen anything, there are no lamps, everything is a disaster! And then the ignorant come out to say that education is free," expressed a user.

"If 'free' means receiving crap, I prefer to pay! You can't keep an entire people alienated while those who hold them captive live the sweet life," stated a resident of Santiago.

"The most painful thing is that our children go to the terrible schools that exist and learn nothing, because even the teachers themselves don't care," a mother reported.

"Right now, if a visit from the central level goes to that school, they bring out a new blackboard, because that's how it is in this country," assured a woman from Havana.

At the end of August, a mother in Havana exploded with anger over the poor conditions of her son's school, as he began the fourth grade this year.

The woman showed in a video the deterioration of the classroom, with the ceiling stained from recent rainwater that had leaked in, the floor flooded, and the door almost detached.

"What I feel is like crying just knowing that my son is going to study here, because as soon as a heavy rain falls, look, look at that ceiling and that floor...", the woman said indignantly.

"On these tables, hands are pinched, uniforms are torn, books are damaged. Two little lamps, the child who has vision problems is screwed," he emphasized.