With a call to build regional consensus for educational quality in the post-Covid-19 pandemic context, Cuba's Minister of Education, Ena Elsa Velázquez, today opened a forum of ministers from the Group of 77 plus China.
The meeting takes place in a hybrid way during the sessions of the International Congress Pedagogy 2023 and has as central axis of the dialogue the challenges of nations to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in education after the impact on education systems of the crisis caused by the new coronavirus.
Velázquez pointed out that in Cuba the Constitution states that education must be free, universal, of quality and affordable, which is further supported by the allocation of 25 percent of the state budget to this sector.
He explained that the Antillean nation is carrying out a third improvement of its system, which becomes a space for analysis that from experimentation and collective construction proposes a more contextualized and flexible education, with the preparation of teachers as its fundamental pillar.
Those attending the meeting also reflect on learning experiences in the digital transformation, inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools, the quality of teaching and the insertion of science and innovation in education.
The opening of the forum was also attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba, Jorge Luis Perdomo, the Minister of Higher Education, José Ramón Saborido, the Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodríguez and the Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean in Chile, Claudia Uribe.