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• 12 / 06 / 2009

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Universal school enrollment and attendance. A 98% adult literacy rate. Free and fully funded system from pre-school through university. Low student to teacher classroom ratio. Equality of basic educational opportunity, even in rural and urban impoverished areas.

More women have access to higher education and are enrolled in post-secondary institutions in Cuba than in any other nation in the Americas. A 1998 UNESCO assessment of educational achievement in Latin America rated Cuban students far above their peers in the region in math, science, and literacy.

Source:www.cubaedutours.net/