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Cuba Facts
is an ongoing series of succinct fact sheets on various topics,
including, but not limited to, political structure, health, economy,
education, nutrition, labor, business, foreign investment, and demographics,
published and updated on a regular basis.
EDUCATION STATISTICS
Literacy
| Year |
Literacy Rate [population aged 15 and over]
|
1953 |
77.9 % |
|
2000 |
|
| Sources: Alvarez et al., Estudio
sobre Cuba (1963); UNESCO (2002) |
Basic Schooling
|
Year |
School Enrollment
of Children Aged 5 - 14 |
1950 |
58.7 % |
1998 |
96 % [cumpolsary through grade
9] |
| Sources: Dudley Seers
et al., Cuba (1964); UNESCO (2001) |
Education in the 1950s: Enrollment
Statistics
|
1956/57 |
Primary School Enrollment* [Grades
1 - 6]
[*includes 117,000 in private schools]
|
|
|
|
High School Enrollment* [Grades
7 -11**]
[*private schools not
included / **terminal grade]
|
63,000 |
| 1956 |
University Enrollment*
[*private colleges and universities
not included]
|
27,500 (est.) |
| Sources: Seers et al. , Cuba
(1964); Alvarez et al.., Estudio sobre Cuba (1963)
|
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Note: In 1955, Cuba's total
primary/secondary school-aged population consisted of 1.415
million children ages 5-14. The high school-aged population
(15-19) stood at about 600,000 and the college-aged (20-24)
at 546,000. The island's total population was 5.829 million
in 1953. Sources: Seers et al. (1964), Alvarez et al. (1963). |
Contemporary Enrollment Statistics
| Primary
School Enrollment 2002/03 [Grades 1 - 6] |
873,700
|
Secondary School Enrollment
2002/03 [Grades 7 - 9] |
992,000 |
University Preparatory
High School Enrollment 2003/2004 [Grades 10 - 12] |
131,000 |
Vocational High School/Technical College Enrollment
2003/2004 [9th Grade + 2 - 5 years]
|
316,000 |
| University Enrollment 2003/2004
Academic Year |
201,832 |
Graduate University Enrollment 2003/2004 [Certificate/Diplomate
Programs, Master's, and PhD's]
|
15,000 |
New University Graduates (2002)
|
18,100 |
New Ph.D. Graduates (2002) |
332 |
| Sources: Cuba, MINED
and MES (2004); Cuba, ONE (2002); Granma, 22
Jan. 2004 |
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Note:
As of 2000, Cuba's total primary and secondary school-aged
children (5-14 yrs. old) numbered 1.664 million. There are
approximately 745,000 high school-aged adolescents (15-19)
and 747,000 of college/university age (20-24). The total population
as of mid-2004 is estimated at 11.3 million. Source: U.S.
Census (2004). |
Pedagogical Personnel
| Primary School Teachers 2002/2003 |
93,000 |
| Secondary School Teachers 2002/2003 |
85,600 |
| High School Faculty 2002/2003 |
56,000 (est.) |
| University Faculty 2002/2003 |
22,000 |
| Computer/Information Tech. Instructors 2003/2004 |
20,000 |
| Sources: Cuba, ONE
(2002); Cuba, MINED (2004) |
Infrastructure
| Primary Schools 2002/2003 |
9,397 |
| Secondary Schools 2002/2003
|
2,032 |
| University Preparatory High Schools 2003/2004 |
230 |
| Universities and Professional Schools
2003/2004 |
64 |
| Sources: Cuba, ONE
(2002); Cuba, MINED and MES (2004) |
____________________________________________
Sources
Alvarez Diaz, Jose R., et al. Un estudio sobre
Cuba (University of Miami Press, 1963), esp. pp. 802-804.
Cuba, Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas
(ONE), "Educacion," 2002/2003 academic year,
online at: [ http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/estadisticas.htm/
]. (Accessed June 2004)
Cuba, Ministerio de Educacion (MINED),
data culled from official website at: [http://www.rimed.cu/]. (Accessed
June 2004)
Cuba, Ministerio de Educacion Superior
(MES), current statistics posted on official website at: [ http://www.mes.edu.cu/
]. (Accessed June 2004)
Anett Rios Jauregui, "Premian
las mejores tesis de doctorado," Granma, 22 Jan. 2004.
Seers, Dudley, et al. Cuba:
The Economic and Social Revolution (Chapel Hill: University
of North Carolina Press, 1964), esp. Ch. IV and VII.
UNESCO, "Adult Illiteracy for
Population Aged 15 Year and Above," revised July 2002, online
at: [ http://www.uis.unesco.org/en/stats/statistics/UIS_Literacy_Country2002.xls
]. See entry for Cuba, year 2000. (Accessed June 2004)
UNESCO Institute of Statistics,
Latin America and the Caribbean Reagional Report, 2001,[http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/ed2001/Amerique_latine_ENPDF.pdf]
United States Census Bureau International
Data Base, "IDB Summary Demographic Data for Cuba," April
2004, [ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbsum?cty=CU ]. (Accessed
June 2004)
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(2822), Fax: 305-284-4875, and by email at ctp.iccas@miami.edu.
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