Education in Cuba

Granma's education system states that "there is joy in the schools," despite the crisis caused by the lack of fuel

She teaches classes at the entrance of her house in Matanzas because the only school in the village is in ruins

Cuban father exposes manipulation and indoctrination by the regime: they use July 11 to illustrate "fake news" in a school book

La Crema sings about the start of the school year

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

Cuban sends an open letter to Nayib Bukele: "Cuban youth deserve someone to teach them how to thrive."

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

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

"Prices are skyrocketing": 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 anguish 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."

The MINED updates regulations for non-state economic actors in education

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

Cuban mother says enough: "My children won't go to school until they can sleep."

Special Forces conduct combat demonstration for children at a Cuban school

"Study to be someone in life!": Cuban shares how she believed in that promise and ended up disappointed

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

"What achievements?" Cubans explode against Díaz-Canel following his message about the start of the school year

Children sent back home due to lack of conditions at Círculo Infantil de Camagüey

Former Cuban professor survives by cleaning pots: "I have to struggle between food and medication."

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

PCC boasts amid the crisis: "Nearly one and a half million students return to the classrooms."

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 at a school in Brazil: "It touches my heart."

Cubans on the Electric Company’s "gift": "Above all, a nice blackout."

Laritza Camacho on Cuba: "We are a country free of everything that would make us a... free country."

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" amidst blackouts and remote classes

The exodus of teachers in Cuba did not begin yesterday: unpaid salaries, lack of motivation, and a system that is draining

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

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

State media romanticizes the start of the school year amid misery

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

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

Cuban youths win five medals at the International Earth Sciences Olympiad in Italy

Cuban school surrounded by a landfill contradicts the regime's promises for the new school year

Medical students report scholarship eviction in Guantánamo, and the rector responds: "The rooms do not belong to the scholarship recipients."

Cuban film critic Joel del Río announces his split from FAMCA: "I got tired."

Camagüey starts the school year with a shortage of nearly 3,000 teachers

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

Cuban mothers divided over whether to send their children to school: "The issue goes beyond whether children study or not."

"I love being Cuban, I hate the Cuban way of being": The reflection of a psychologist that sparked comments on social media

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

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 school

“No way, that's it”: Cuban mothers refuse to send their children to school if there are no minimum conditions

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

Even soda packages are useless in Cuba: Mothers concerned ahead of the new school year

"Trench of Love, Example of Dignity": Propaganda Gems about Cuban Women on the Anniversary of the FMC

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

This is how the semester will start in Cuban universities: less in-person attendance and classes from the municipalities

University students in Santiago de Cuba will begin the semester with hybrid classes and increased activities in the municipalities

From Transition to Governance: What Civil Society Proposes to Keep Cuba Afloat During the Change

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

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

Cuban society under the new regime

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

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