A person named Reuters writes this
article. Basically what this article is about is that Cuba is cutting back its
free education system and moving students into more useful careers to reduce costs
and fill needs in the workplace. According to government statistics, “Enrollment in the
communist-run country’s many types of schools fell to 2.2 million students last
year from 3 million in 2008, a drop of 27 percent, according to the National
Statistics Office.” (Reuters, “Cuts”). It has been going on since the Cuban
revolution in 1959, which stressed the importance of education. “Among
the hardest hits were universities, where the number of students dropped almost
50 percent to 156,000 in 2011, from 300,000 in 2008, as admission standards
were raised and liberal arts careers slashed. Adult education also fell
drastically. Only
145,000 students were enrolled last year in university extension classes, a
fraction of the 578,000 who signed up in 2008. Enrollment in adult education
courses, designed to improve work skills, dropped to 129,000 from 373,000 in
2008 as the longstanding practice of paying state workers and farmers their
full salaries to study during the day came to an end.” (Reuters, “Cuts”). These
days in Cuba means that more skilled workers and farmers boost Cuba’s food
production, but means fewer professionals jobs. “At the high school level,
emphasis is being put on sciences, pedagogy, agriculture and skilled trades.
The number of places for students in pre-university schools declined by some
50,000, or more than 20 percent since 2008, the report stated. More students
were channeled into the skilled trades, where slots jumped to 74,000 from
26,000 in 2008.” (Reuters, “Cuts”).
This
article made me realize that maybe the United States should have a education
system like this because it would create jobs that our economy needs. For example,
if we needed more bankers, but had way too many nurses, they could place those
students in banking jobs. This is also a good idea because then jobs wouldn’t
be so competitive to get. If you knew where you where you were going to get
placed, then you would be guaranteed a job.
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