{"id":16876,"date":"2026-07-09T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=16876"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:57:10","slug":"guantanamo-prepares-for-the-2026-2027-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/guantanamo-prepares-for-the-2026-2027-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Guant\u00e1namo Prepares for the 2026\u20132027 School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/educacion_prevencion_drogas-1536x691-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/educacion_prevencion_drogas-1536x691-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/educacion_prevencion_drogas-1536x691-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/educacion_prevencion_drogas-1536x691-1-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/educacion_prevencion_drogas-1536x691-1-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>Guantanamo.- Ensuring face-to-face education, guaranteeing adequate teaching staff coverage, and strengthening connections between schools, families, and communities were among the main topics discussed during the provincial seminar held in Guant\u00e1namo to prepare for the 2026\u20132027 school year.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Antonio Tamayo Romero, Director General of Education in Guant\u00e1namo, highlighted the dedication and commitment of local educators.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined key priorities for the upcoming academic year, including ensuring the presence of teachers in classrooms and bringing the educational process closer to families and communities through coordinated efforts among all stakeholders involved in the development of children, adolescents, and young people.<\/p>\n<p>The official acknowledged the challenges related to teacher availability but emphasized that the province will reinforce its education workforce with more than 400 new graduates from the Teacher Training College and the University of Guant\u00e1namo.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the greatest shortages remain in subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, as well as in some primary education levels. To address these gaps, authorities will rely on the return of retired teachers and the reorganization of teaching assignments and workloads.<\/p>\n<p>Technology and artificial intelligence will also play an increasingly important role as tools to improve learning outcomes and strengthen students\u2019 skills. Tamayo Romero stressed the need to prepare families to actively support the educational process and take advantage of the opportunities provided by digital platforms and technological resources.<\/p>\n<p>Preventive educational initiatives were another major focus of the seminar. Participants emphasized the importance of strengthening actions aimed at addressing social challenges affecting younger generations, including teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and smoking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- Ensuring face-to-face education, guaranteeing adequate teaching staff coverage, and strengthening connections between schools, families, and communities were among the main topics discussed during the provincial seminar held in Guant\u00e1namo to prepare for the 2026\u20132027 school year. During the meeting, Antonio Tamayo Romero, Director General of Education in Guant\u00e1namo, highlighted the dedication and commitment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-guantanamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16877,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16876\/revisions\/16877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}