ES / EN
- August 18, 2022 -
No Result
View All Result
OnCubaNews Needs You
OnCubaNews
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors
OnCubaNews
ES / EN
ADVERTISEMENT
Home Cuba

Havana: new school year to begin on December 7

The deputy director general of education explained that in order for the capital to catch up with the rest of the country “it was necessary to make some adjustments, but this does not imply the omission of any of the fundamental objectives of the subjects in each grade.”

by OnCuba Staff, OnCuba editorial staff
December 3, 2020
in Cuba
0
An educator applies a disinfectant to a girl’s hands at the entrance to her school in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

An educator applies a disinfectant to a girl’s hands at the entrance to her school in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

The 2020-2021 school year, underway in almost all of Cuba since the beginning of November, will begin in Havana on December 7, confirmed the deputy director general of education of the Cuban capital.

José Ángel Ordaz said to the Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency that Havana province is “ready to assume the beginning of the school year” amid the current epidemiological context due to COVID-19 and explained that in order for Havana to catch up with the rest of the country “it was necessary to make some adjustments, but this does not imply the omission of any of the fundamental objectives of the subjects in each grade.”

The official said that “the programming of spaces for review and consolidation, and for the introduction of content, which after a thorough review were concentrated in certain units, was taken into account” and detailed that “pre-school, primary and special education will remain full time in schools, while for junior and senior high and technical professional training, including pedagogy, schedules will be readjusted in order to avoid overcrowding.”

He affirmed that the start of the school day was “made more flexible,” with classes beginning at 8:30 a.m., and commented that “in many cases, due to the conditions and capacities of the classrooms, it was necessary to divide the enrollment into subgroups in order to respect the physical distancing contemplated in the health protocols.”

Comienza este lunes nuevo curso escolar en casi toda Cuba

According to Ordaz, in order to complete the coverage for teachers, the support of librarians, psychologists, psychopedagogy specialists and education assistants who are studying for their bachelor’s degree will be appealed, while in the schools emphasis was placed on hygienic-sanitary measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Related Posts

Wholesale store for private restaurants in Havana, 2020. Photo: Alexandre Meneghini/REUTERS.

Cuba allows foreign investment in wholesale and retail trade

August 18, 2022
Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez

The visible traces of an extinguished fire

August 17, 2022
Cubans waiting for paperwork prior to traveling. Photo: Kaloian.

Cuba: measures making non-commercial imports more flexible come into force

August 16, 2022
Container terminal of the Mariel Special Development Zone, in Cuba. Photo: @ZEDMarielCuba/Twitter/Archive.

Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone: when promises aren’t kept

August 15, 2022

Among these, he cited the enabling of “the location at each access point of a teacher responsible for applying chlorinated solutions and verifying the use of the mats to sanitize shoes, as well as determining by observation the existence of symptoms that could suggest SARS-CoV-2 in children.”

As well as that students must carry up to four face masks, which must be changed coinciding with the snack and lunch schedule, fundamentally. And “the number of washstands was increased and the water supply improved in all educational institutions to guarantee the sanitation of students and teachers,” although he acknowledged that “work is still underway in some centers that still use the tank-cistern service.”

Havana restarted the 2019-2020 school year on November 2, interrupted by the pandemic and that could not be resumed in September due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the capital. In total, more than 300,000 Havana students returned to class that day, on the same date that most Cuban provinces began the new school year.

Authors

OnCuba Staff, OnCuba editorial staff
Tags: coronavirus in CubaHavanaschool year in Cuba
Previous Post

Cuba registers 75 new coronavirus infections, 30 of them in Havana

Next Post

Citizen’s Single File implemented in Cuba

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

OnCuba Staff

Next Post
Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

Citizen’s Single File implemented in Cuba

Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

Coronavirus: Cuba reports 75 new cases for second consecutive day

Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

Cuba: future decree on Animal Welfare to collect criteria of the population, according to government

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

The conversation here is moderated according to OnCuba News discussion guidelines. Please read the Comment Policy before joining the discussion.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT

Most Read

  • Cubans waiting for paperwork prior to traveling. Photo: Kaloian.

    Cuba: measures making non-commercial imports more flexible come into force

    12 shares
    Share 5 Tweet 3
  • Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone: when promises aren’t kept

    11 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 3
  • Environmental disaster and metadiplomacy. Alternatives for U.S.-Cuba relations?

    9 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 2
  • Cuba: purchase of foreign currency from population announced

    35 shares
    Share 14 Tweet 9
  • One week after the fire (+Videos)

    6 shares
    Share 2 Tweet 2

Most Commented

  • The new U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Havana, Benjamin Ziff. Photo: Archive.

    Biden Administration appoints new charge d’affaires to head embassy in Havana

    14 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • Canada reinstates some consular processes in Cuba, according to Canadian media

    71 shares
    Share 69 Tweet 1
  • A cup of coffee with Alicia: Kelvis Ochoa, the extraordinary musician who composes while cooking.

    7 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • Trust Investing in Cuba: opportunity or scam?

    157 shares
    Share 63 Tweet 39
  • The ruins of rural Cuba: little known historical relics.

    33 shares
    Share 13 Tweet 8
  • About us
  • Work with OnCuba
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Moderation policy for comments
  • Contact us
  • Advertisement offers

OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises, Inc., its subsidiaries or divisions.
OnCuba © by Fuego Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • World
  • Cuba
  • Cuba-USA
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Infographic
  • Culture
    • Billboard
  • Sports
  • Styles / Trends
  • Media
  • Special
  • Cuban Flavors

OnCuba and the OnCuba logo are registered® trademarks of Fuego Enterprises, Inc., its subsidiaries or divisions.
OnCuba © by Fuego Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Go to mobile version