Cuba participates in the educational event for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Havana, January 26 (ACN) Naima Trujillo Barreto, head of education of Cuba, leads the island's delegation present at the extraordinary meeting of education ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted today.

As the organization reports on its website, the minister stressed the importance of the meeting that began this Thursday to analyze the challenges for the reactivation of education after COVID-19.

It is an opportunity to exchange experiences, not only in the context of post-pandemic recovery, but also in the educational transformation of the future due to its importance for the development and sustainability of humanity, he emphasized.

The head of education pointed out that her country follows the principle that no one is left behind or disadvantaged, which is why it has developed procedures for sensitive conditions of inclusion, such as special education.

He addressed the impact of the economic, trade and financial blockade that the United States has maintained against Cuba for more than 60 years, ensuring that the blockade prevents the provision of necessary financing and infrastructure in this sector.

The event was convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Chilean Ministry of Education, with the support of ECLAC, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Bank and the Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together the highest authorities of 30 countries in the region on education issues.

The exchange of policy experiences and the further development of the design of a regional reference framework for public actions to reactivate, restore and transform education were the objectives of the event, which ends this Friday.

The initiative responds to the regional educational context, which requires deepening joint efforts and promoting educational integration processes, leveraging the history of more than 60 years of regional cooperation and multilateralism in education in Latin America and the Caribbean.