Rodolfo Alarcon Ortiz, First Deputy Minister of
Higher Education in Cuba, said during a press conference that
participants will analyze the role of universities as development
agents, mainly in Latin America.
The official recalled that this year Cuba implemented measures to
improve the educational system including an emphasis on subjects
such as History and Civic Education, and the generalization of
university entrance examination.
For her part, Deputy Higher Education Minister Aurora Fernandez
referred to the scientific program of the event that includes more
than 2,000 papers to be analyzed in 13 workshops and also in round
tables, lectures and discussion panels.
Meanwhile, Roberto Santin, also Deputy Minister of Higher Education,
highlighted the record presence in the meeting of 20 ministers of
the sector as well as a significant number of foreign personalities.
The largest foreign delegation will be that of Venezuela with 309
delegates, followed by Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, China,
Russia and Italy, among other countries.
‘University 2010’ will run through next Friday, February 12th, and a
series of collateral meetings will also be taking place such as the
5th Meeting on Higher Education Financing.
