Cuba Says Schools to Reopen Next Week, Despite Energy Crisis
Education Minister Naima Trujillo said schools will open for nearly 1.4 million students despite teacher shortages and uniform supplies meeting only 12% of demand.
- Nearly 1.4 million students will head back to school at the start of September, said Cuba's education minister on Thursday, despite a severe crisis affecting transportation and electricity.
- The crisis has worsened since June, when transportation and electricity faltered amid stiffened sanctions by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to intensify pressure on Cuba.
- Teacher coverage has fallen to 73%, while official garments meet only 12% of demand for primary school children due to ongoing blackouts at uniform production factories.
- Education Minister Naima Trujillo said the sector will hire university students and retirees, offering additional compensation to keep schools afloat while welcoming students in "comfortable clothes."
- Trujillo stated educators face "collective asphyxiation," yet "this will be a school year whose greatest victory will be that we are able to carry it out at all.
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Cuba's education minister confirmed on Thursday that the new school year will begin as planned on September 1, despite a massive energy crisis that has been exacerbated by another major power outage.
Cuba reports today that it will start school on September 1, despite the energy crisis that the country is experiencing under the strong presidency of the United States.
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Cuba faces teacher, supply shortage as as kids head back to school
Cuba will kick off the school year next week as planned despite a severe ongoing crisis that has affected transportation and electricity and led to falling teacher numbers and a lack of supplies such as uniforms.
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = In Cuba, which is suffering from problems such as severe disruptions to public transportation, power shortages, and a teacher shortage due to the strict U.S. lockdown, schools...
The rules concerning uniforms and the entry and exit times of schools will be relaxed.
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