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Scholarships Program

Cuban approach regarding the formation of Third World’s technicians and professionals has been of unselfish solidarity and cooperation, to the extent that Cuba in the eighties is the country with the highest per capita of foreign scholarships holders. In spite of the difficult conditions imposed by the Special Period , continuity was given to the Scholarships Program, although to a lesser degree.

In harmony with the steady political will to continue contributing to the formation of human resources from Third World countries, different means of cooperation have been established. The application of the Comprehensive Health Care Delivery Program is among them, as well as the Latin American School of Medical Sciences was created as part of the Program. Moreover, the International School of Sports and Physical Education was inaugurated on September , 2000. On the other hand, the Plan of Scholarships directed to technical, economic and humanistic careers continued.

The scholarships granted by the Cuban Government include free of charge lodging, feeding and studies in equal footing with the Cuban scholarship holders

FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS GRADUATED IN CUBA (1961-2001)

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS COUNTRIES LEVEL TOTAL
   
mid-high
high
 
LATIN AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN
35 4,019 3,813 7,832
SUB-SAHARIAN AFRICA 39 17,870 10,262 28,132
NORTH AFRICA AND
MIDDLE EAST
14 1,459 1,417 2,876
ASIA AND OCEANIA 12 56 820 876
NORTH AMERICA 2 2 17 19
EUROPE 21 11 143 154
TOTAL 123 23,417 16,472 39,889

 

FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS GRADUATED IN CUBA (2000-2001)

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

LEVEL

TOTAL

 

MID-HIGH

HIGH

LATIN AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN

14

103

117

SUBSAHARIAN AFRICA

18

318

336

NORTH AFRICA AND
MIDDLE EAST

48

91

139

ASIA AND OCEANIA

0

6

6

EUROPE

0

8

8

TOTAL

80

526

606


FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS HOLDERS IN CUBA
(2001-2002) 

REGIONS

QUANTITY

LATIN AMERICA                        

5,809

CARIBBEAN                                      

2,423

NORTH AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST                       

941

ASIA                                           

209

EUROPE                                          

6

NORTH AMÉRICA                     

18

AFRICA

1,960

TOTAL                     

11,366


FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS HOLDERS´ ENTRANCE
(2001-2002)

REGIONS

 

AFRICA

391

LATIN AMÉRICA

2,027

CARIBBEAN

455

NORTH AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST

346

ASIA

55

EUROPE

2

NORTH AMERICA

18

TOTAL

3,339

     
     
     
 


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