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[^2]\n\nCuban authorities said on 2026-09-01 that about 10,000 schools across the country opened for 1.4 million students and more than 135,000 teachers for the new school year. [^3]\n\nThe Cuban government sent more than 3,000 teachers from eastern provinces to schools in Havana after teacher coverage fell to 73% across the island, with vacancies attributed to low salaries and emigration. [^4]\n\nAccording to Cuba's state media, some schools have only a 15-day supply of food, and parents and the private sector are expected to help provide school meals. [^5]\n\nCuba's government ended the previous school year in June 2026, one month early, due to the island's power, water and fuel shortages amid the U.S. oil embargo and sanctions. [^6]\n\nCritical shortages of fuel have caused local school buses to stop running, forcing families to use alternative transport such as borrowed horses and wooden carts to get children to school. [^7]\n\nThe island's education minister characterized the return to classrooms as a 'heroic act' for a country whose free, universal system of education was long regarded as a crowning achievement of the 1959 revolution. [^8]\n\nPresident Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez posted on X on 2026-09-01 that the school year's opening was a revolutionary achievement that the US 'empire' and its blockade could not prevent. [^9]\n\nEducation Minister Naima Trujillo Barreto reported that teacher coverage across the island fell to 73% due to low salaries and emigration. [^10]\n\nEducation Minister Naima Trujillo Barreto stated that school uniforms met only 12% of demand at the primary level due to a lack of fabric and money. 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