Minister of Education of Jamaica meets with Cuban teachers

Kingston, Jamaica, 26 October 2020. As part of her tour of schools in Jamaica, the Minister of Education, Fayval Williams, met with Cuban teachers who teach at Seaforth Elementary School, in St. Thomas parish.

The Jamaican official expressed her gratitude to Cuban teachers for the ingenuity and versatility they have shown in the performance of their duties in a context marked by a complex epidemiological situation.

For more than twenty years, Cuba and Jamaica have maintained close cooperation in education, under the Agreement for Cooperation in Education for Professional and Academic Support. At present, 86 Cuban teachers render their services on this sister Caribbean island.