Jamaica: Cuba Offers To Fill Teaching Gap

JAMAICA – Cuba is offering to supply teachers to Jamaica as the country’s education system is being rocked with resignations.

Over 1,000 teachers have left the system this semester in the quest for more lucrative jobs in countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.

Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica Fermin Quinones Sanchez told a newspaper that his country stands ready to assist if or when the government asks for the support.

There are over 100 Cuban teachers in the Jamaica school system most of whom teach spanish, but the diplomat said his country can offer teachers in the sciences as well as in dealing with children with special needs.