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Education System in Havana, Cuba

These young school children walking hand-in-hand down a street in Old Havana were adorable, causing bystanders to smile and wave. What is their educational future? Prior to the 1959 revolution, Cuba’s literacy rate was 22% while 60% were semi-literate. The new regime nationalized all schools and instituted Marxist theology. Yet they also made education a priority, spending 10% of GDP. The Literacy Campaign reached across the island with adult education. Primary and secondary schools were made compulsory yet free. The tuition at the university and two forms of technical training are also subsidized. The results? By the year 2000, 97% of 15 – 24 year olds were considered literate.

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