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Continuity of studies are guaranteed to young Cubans
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As much as the US Stress our economy, the direction of the country does not apply neoliberal measures that affect the social sectors, an obvious example is that this year every student in 12th grade will have their access to the University secured, with the offer of 91 609 places.

The largest increase is recorded in the level of Higher Education short cycle

The information disclosed by the Ministry of Higher Education (MES) indicates that the greatest increase is registered in the level of Higher Education of short cycle, a mode that is being given a great boost and responds to the territorial needs in the economy .

«The Cuban State is providing for the first time a place for each bachelor who graduates. It is a huge effort of the country and with this we guarantee that every high school graduate this year in Cuba can have a safe place, numerically speaking, in Higher Education, ”said René Sánchez Díaz, director of Income and Labor Location of the press conference month.

The best graduates of Technical-Vocational Education will continue higher studies directly It also transpired that the best graduates of Technical-Professional Education at the provincial level, are given the possibility of continuing higher education directly (without entering entrance exams), both during the day course and in the modality for meetings.

Sánchez Díaz announced that the university and faculties directorates, in coordination with the governing university, by territorial linkage, will be able to convene provincial, regional and national events of any deficit career in their territory, promoting the search for talents and rewarding the winners with the award of a career corresponding to the theme of the event, exempting them from the entrance exams.

In the same way, for this year, new training programs of higher level of short cycle are offered, which add up to the 32 already existing.

The organizations that are participating in the training of specialists have diversified “There are nine more programs for this course,” said Deysi Fraga Cedré, director of Training for Undergraduate Professionals, who also insisted that the organizations that are participating in the training of short-cycle Higher Education specialists have diversified.

In this course the entrance exams in the first call will be held on May 5 (Mathematics), May 8 (Spanish) and May 12 (History). The distribution of places by type of courses is as follows: 48 402 for the day course (37 666 for university degrees and 10 736 for the level of Higher Education of short cycle), 38 802 for courses per meeting, and 4 405 for Distance learning courses. To enter the day course it is necessary to pass with a minimum of 60 points each of the entrance exams and present the identity card at the time of testing.

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