[NYTr] Cuba's School Year to Open with Over 700, 000 University Students
 
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:39:11 -0500 (CDT)


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School Year to Open with Over 700 Thousand University Students

Santa Clara, Aug 28 (acn) Cuba's 2007-2008 school year will open next
week with over 700,000 students in all the island's universities, a
figure well over last year's enrolment, Higher Education Minister Juan
Vela told acn in this central Cuban city.

All material and logistic resources have been guaranteed for this school
year, said Vela during a meeting with the board of directors of the
Marta Abreu Universidad Central de Las Villas. Participants at the
meeting assessed the results of the previous school year and
preparations for the upcoming one, in which students will count on many
resources including 2,800 personal computers for their daily academic
activities. The University in the central province of Villa Clara has
an estimated enrolment of 21,700 students, more than 12,000 of which
will take courses at municipal university branches and some 5,200 will
be enrolled in regular courses as external and boarding students. The
higher education center is one of the country's three oldest
universities and it offers 31 specialties, including Scientific
Information and Library Sciences, Biology, Social Communication,
Tourism and Industrial Engineering.

 
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