Education in Cuba

The MINFAR promotes the "Camilitos" as schools of excellence: "I feel proud to be here."

"Asere" will be included in the Dictionary of the Spanish Language by the end of 2026

MINED regulates the evaluation of teaching staff in Cuba with a new methodology

The MES updates regulations to assess the work of university professors

When the body becomes currency

A new vandalistic attack against nursing classrooms in Cárdenas, Matanzas has been reported

Cuban educational crisis: second and third-year students at UCLV will not have in-person classes until January

Cubans win several medals and the Puerto Rico Cup at the Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad

From shaping champions to allowing weeds to thrive: neglect is overtaking the swimming pools of a sports school in Santiago de Cuba

Teachers in Santiago de Cuba wait for hours without being able to collect their salaries in cash

Cubans bid farewell to a beloved teacher in Mayarí, Holguín

Cuba introduces entrepreneurship as a subject in polytechnic schools across the country

Authorities humiliated the Cuban teacher who offered her home for classes: Did they solve the school’s problem?

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

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

Granma's education department states that "there is joy in the schools," despite the crisis due to the lack of fuel

She teaches classes on the porch of her house in Matanzas because the only school in the village is in ruins

Cuban father exposes the regime's manipulation and indoctrination: they use 11J to illustrate "fake news" in school textbooks

La Crema sings about 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 sends open letter to Nayib Bukele: "Young Cubans deserve someone to teach them how to thrive."

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

A Cuban mother shares candidly about the start of the school year: white tights, 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 lights."

"The prices are sky-high": 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 go through more struggles than she does at home."

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

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

Cuban mother says enough: "My children will not go to school until they can sleep."

Special Forces demonstrate combat skills to children at a Cuban school

“Study to be somebody in life!”: A Cuban recounts 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 lash out at Díaz-Canel following his message about the start of the school year

Children are being sent back home due to inadequate facilities at the Infantil Circle in Camagüey

Cuban ex-professor survives by cleaning pots: "I have to struggle between food and medicine."

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

PCC boasts in the midst of the crisis: "Almost one and a half million students are returning to the classrooms."

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

Cuban mother is surprised 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 lovely blackout."

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

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

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

The exodus of teachers in Cuba didn't start yesterday: unpaid salaries, lack of motivation, and a system that is emptying out

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

Official media romanticizes the start of the school year amid misery

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

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

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

Cuban youth win five medals at the International Earth Science Olympiad in Italy

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

Medical students report scholarship eviction in Guantánamo, and the rector responds: "The rooms are not the property of the scholarship students."

Cuban film critic Joel del Río announces his breakup with FAMCA: "I'm tired."

Camagüey starts the school year with a shortage of almost 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 problem goes beyond whether the children study or not."

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

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