CUBA , July 16, 2007.- More that 23,000 teachers graduated from the higher pedagogical institutes in Cuba . Among the new teachers are the first 4,827 secondary school teachers. Ready to educate current and future generations for the major challenges awaiting Cuba and humanity, the graduates devoted their graduation ceremony to Argentinea-Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto Guevara (Che) on the 40th anniversary this year of his assessination in the Bolivian village of La Higuera . At the ceremony held at the Kart Marx Theater in Havana , 2,339 students from two pedagogical institutes received their diplomas. Along with their diplomas, the new graduates received a present from President Fidel Castro: a collection of his "Reflections" and a Family Library, containing books such as a Cuban dictionary of the Spanish language and "The Diary of Che in Bolivia ." The dean of a teacher's training school in Havana , Maricela Rodriguez Penate, expressed that ¨the new graduates have learned how to teach, using an open and creative dialogue - in addition to learning to become tutors, friends, teachers and social workers to their students and their families." Luis Ignacio Gomez, Cuba 's Minister of Education, said that the new teachers have already accumulated four years of experience due to the new training method, which combines university studies with practice. (Cubaminrex-RHC)
|