Cuba

The Republic of Cuba consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and various adjacent small islands. The name of the island is derived from the Taino word "cubanacán", meaning a central place. It is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north is found the United States, to the northeast the Bahamas, to the east the Turks and Caicos Islands, to the west Mexico, to the south the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, and to the southeast Haiti.

Education

The University of Havana, Cuba's oldest university, was founded in 1721. Historically, Cuba has had some of the highest rates of education and literacy in Latin America. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/asce/cuba8/30smith.pdf

Related Topics:
University of Havana - 1721

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In a 1998 study by UNESCO, Cuban third and fourth graders were better educated in basic language and mathematics skills than children in other Latin American countries that took part in the study, with the "test achievement of the lower half of students in Cuba is significantly better than the test achievement of the upper half of students in the countries that (fell) immediately behind Cuba" in the study group. http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky/assignment1/1998cuba.html

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All students regardless of age and gender wear school uniforms with the color denoting grade level.

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