Guantanamo.- The 14 de Junio Special School maintains its vitality and regular teaching hours as a day-center in the Guantanamo Province, in view of the difficulties arising from the current energy crisis affecting the country.
Yaima Salas Ruiz, principal of the center, stressed that the institution normally continues all its teaching and organizational processes, making adjustments in schedules to favor both students and teachers.
She explained that the priority is to ensure that students continue to receive their education without interruption.
Among the measures taken, it highlights the modification of the departure time in the afternoon, which facilitates the transfer of teachers to their homes and allows families to have more time to accompany the children’s study, she specified.
Salas Ruiz affirmed that special education remains a priority for the government, even amidst the current energy difficulties, as the school, one of the few educational institutions maintained by the boarding regime in Guantánamo, ensures the continued education of students from distant municipalities.
At present, the institution welcomes blind and deaf children as well as students with strabismus and amblyopia. The enrollment of the school includes 168 day students and 20 boarders, mainly from the municipalities of Yateras, Baracoa, San Antonio del Sur, El Salvador and Caimanera.
She explained that to guarantee daily attendance, the school has three buses on a regular route, a service that remains operational despite the fuel shortage, exacerbated by the measures imposed by the United States government.
These vehicles, she said, cover routes to and from the center, north and south of the city, transporting students from their communities to the campus.
