Education in Cuba - Overview

Overview

• Irrespective of income or place of living, education at every level is free.
• School meals and uniforms are free.
• There is a strict maximum of 25 children per primary-school class, many of which have as few as 20. As of 2010, secondary schools are striving towards only 15 pupils per class.
• Many schools open at 6.30 am and close 12 hours later, providing free morning and after-school care for working parents with no extended family.
• "Mobile teachers" are deployed to homes if children are unable to come to school.
• Over half of Cuba's 150,000 teachers have a master's degree.
• There are now 23 medical schools in Cuba, up from only 3 in 1959 before the Cuban Revolution.