School year

A prominent professor specializing in preschool education in Pinar del Río is dismissed

Cuba's Minister of Education acknowledges that 11,000 students are not attending classes normally and that half of them do not have uniforms

The first month of classes in Cuba, marked by power outages, lack of transportation, and a shortage of teachers

Vocational student from Camagüey dies under circumstances that remain unclear

The odyssey of this Cuban on her son's first day of school in Cuba: This is how it went

The touching gesture of a child in Cuba with his classmates has moved people on social media: "It was a dream for them."

Granma’s education department says that “there is joy in schools,” despite the crisis caused by the lack of fuel

She teaches classes on the doorstep of her house in Matanzas because the only school in the town is in ruins

La Crema sings to the start of the school year

Bread, guava, and a soft drink for over 500 pesos: the price of a school snack in Cuba

Cuban playwright on school year propaganda: "Once again, it bets on triumphalism."

A Cuban mother recounts without filters the start of the school year: white stockings, expensive eggs, and a sacrificed Monopoly

Díaz-Canel defends the start of the academic year in universities despite blackouts and the crisis: "The most revolutionary thing."

"He had to walk back": mother reports that her son was stopped from entering the university by bicycle

Cuban mother shows her child sleeping on the floor: "When he was supposed to rest, they turned off the light."

"Prices are through the roof": Cuban mother spends over 30,000 pesos to send her child to preschool

How much does it cost to go back to school in Cuba? The total amounts to nearly 11 minimum wages

The anxiety of a mother whose daughter is going to school for the first time: "I don’t want her to struggle more than she does at home."

"How easy it is to demand resilience": Cubans respond to Morales Ojeda's post about the school year

Special forces demonstrate combat skills to children at a Cuban school

Where is the electric generation? Cuba will have only 990 MW available during the nighttime peak

Cuban journalist: "My daughter starts her school year with all her new books."

"What achievements?" Cubans lash out at Díaz-Canel following his message about the start of the school year

Cuban woman erupts after days without light or water: "How much longer is the people going to endure?"

Children sent back home due to lack of conditions at the Camagüey Childcare Center

Even with spelling mistakes: This is how the school year begins

200 pesos to get to class? They test a new route to the University of Matanzas

Cuba starts the school year in the dark: blackouts of up to 2,310 MW are forecasted

Cuban mother is amazed by what her son receives for free in a school in Brazil: "It touches my heart."

Around 120 migrant minors begin a course in Tapachula, Mexico, and most of them are Cuban

Cuba's Minister of Education acknowledges the dramatic start of the school year in Cuba: there are shortages of uniforms, teachers, and even notebooks

Cuban university seeks "the miracle of knowledge" amid blackouts and remote classes

Families report that the Lenin Vocational School will begin the term without drinking water and with 400 missing mattresses

Luis Alberto García: "Thank you very much for the wonderful summer" in Cuba

"I am the teacher": the latest "invention" to address the shortage of educators in Plaza de la Revolución

University of Oriente will begin the academic year in a decentralized manner due to the fuel crisis

Official media romanticizes the start of the school year amid misery

The PCC describes the start of the school year as "another act of heroism" as Cubans report hunger and blackouts

Cuban activist questions how teachers and students can perform in a classroom after hours of power outages

More than 2,000 teachers are missing in Holguín to start the 2026-2027 school year

The production of school uniforms in Camagüey depends on whether there is electricity

Camagüey begins the school year with a deficit of nearly 3,000 teachers

Educational crisis in Cuba: fewer classes and flexibility in the use of school uniforms

Cuban mothers divided on whether to send their children to school: "The problem goes beyond whether the children study or not."

Cuban woman denounces the rising price of bread: "How many mothers will suffer to be able to give their children breakfast?"

Díaz-Canel denies collapse in Cuba due to the start of the school year

In the absence of school uniforms, Cuban mothers seek help on Facebook

PCC leader says that starting classes in Cuba is a blow to imperialism, and social media erupts

"With Fidel in every classroom": this is how the Cuban regime promotes the return to classes

"Absolutely not": Cuban mothers refuse to send their children to school without minimum conditions

"To study or to eat?": Medical students question the centralization of teaching in Santiago de Cuba

Not even soda packages work in Cuba: Worried mothers ahead of the new school year

The regime's Minister of Education assures that the start of the school year "will be a celebration."

Camagüeyana: "It's been two months since they last came to collect the garbage."

Cuban mothers facing the new school year: “When my kids don’t sleep, they don’t go.”

"With what current, with what water, with what snack?": Cubans outraged by the announcement of the new school year

Oversized uniforms for primary school children spark concern in Cuba just days before the new school year

Holguin teacher confronts Díaz-Canel: "We haven't been paid since May."

"Much willpower and few resources": Cubans respond to Díaz-Canel regarding the new school year

Fuel crisis forces the Cuban regime to limit in-person classes at universities