Edificios. Ornate Buildings. Cuban educational policy.

Most Ornate, in Plaza Central.

Same as above.

Entry to the University of Habana, also showing water delivery truck. 

Government policies for child rearing and education:

Mothers are expected to nurse their babies for one year and are given maternity leave.

At age one, the babies go to day care. The family is provided with condensed or powdered milk for a child from age one to seven. From age seven to eleven, soy yogurt is provided.

Rations to all Cubans, regardless of financial status, include rice, beans, salt, sugar, chicken, and pork, equal amounts for whatever age.  Only if there are children or elderly, is beef provided.

The educational system is free and compulsory, with nursery school followed by primary school. Junior high is grades 7, 8, and 9. After 9th, the young person may choose a trade school or a high school; also art school is an option.

For college, the high school graduate may choose to apply in as many as 5 professional areas, and then must take tests in all of the five, such as engineering, medicine, law, architecture. There are 50 colleges in Cuba, but the University of Havana is the most prestigious, and for acceptance, you must have the highest scores. At the present time, no one has been wanting to go into agriculture and live in the countryside, so the government wants to encourage that.  About 10 to 20% go to college after high school, including full-time day students, but also night students who work during the day. There are currently five unfinished schools of the arts, as funds ran out.

The Cuban government has promised to restore ALL historic buildings, but the process has been taking decades, due to the lack of funds.  The interior restorations are performed by the occupants and/or owners of the buildings at their own expense.

In this plaza, the facades have been restored.