Cuba's early education programs

[struggle4progress]

2009-11-21 08:56:10

HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- "Children's Circle" and "Educate Your Child" are household words in Cuba, where parents benefit from these social pre-school education programs for their children.

Created in April 1961 as an institutional format of early schooling outside families, the Children's Circle program aims at assisting working mothers. Meanwhile, the Educate Your Child program focuses on a non-institutional format of early schooling within families.

Combined, the two programs now cover the early education of some 860,000 children, accounting for 97 percent of the country's total population of infants to six-year-olds ...

The UNICEF representative in Cuba, Jose Juan Ortiz Bru, has a good opinion of these well-established social programs, saying that despite the long-standing economic problems in the country, Cuba has made sure that no child lacks health care or an early education ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/21/content_12514357.htm

[Peace Patriot]

1. Yeah, but they have street crime--no Utopia there!

And they tolerated a torture dungeon on the other end of the island of Cuba!

Why didn't they stop us? Their commitment to human rights and the international rule of law really needs to be questioned on that one.

And they refuse to stop exporting free medical care all over Latin America--to Venezuela, Bolivia, Honduras--despite the most stringent dictates from the US State Department. That is clearly intentional aggression on Cuba's part, against the fabulous profits of at least five billionaires.

Then there's Cuba's export of literacy! That violates all WTO rules and regs for keeping most people stupid and oppressible.

And this is just a short list of Cuba's crimes and provocations. They're getting something in return for their medical expertise! Cheap oil from Venezuela and other barters. Barter trade is nothing less than a gun at the head of all the banksters in Christendom! How dare they! HOW DARE THEY!

As for covering the early education for "97 percent of the country's total population of infants to six-year-olds," what about the other 3%? Are they second class citizens? Are their parents CRITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT? What is this RANCID DISCRIMINATION against a minority of helpless young children?

Cuba is failing those kids--just as they failed to stop us from torturing prisoners right there on their own island!

:patriot:

[EFerrari]

2. I just checked and we didn't have Head Start until '65.

Damn, Castro must have infiltrated HHS!

:hi:

[Downwinder]

3. Education and health care are both national security issues. n/t