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University Of Pinar Del Río
The University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saiz Montes de Oca" (Spanish: ''Universidad de Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca"'', UPR) is a public university located in Pinar del Río, Cuba. It was founded in 1972. See also *Education in Cuba *List of universities in Cuba References External links * Universities in Cuba University of Pinar del Rio A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ... Educational institutions established in 1972 Buildings and structures in Pinar del Río Province {{Cuba-university-stub ...
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Public University
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya In Kenya, the Ministry of Ed ...
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Pinar Del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''. History Pinar del Río was one of the last major cities in Cuba founded by the Spanish, on September 10, 1867. The city and province was founded as ''Nueva Filipinos, Filipinas'' (New Philippines) in response to an influx of Asian laborers coming from the Philippine Islands to work on tobacco plantations. Pinar del Río's history begins with the Guanahatabey, a group of nomadic Indians who lived in caves and procured most of their livelihood from the sea. Less advanced than the other indigenous natives who lived on the island, the Guanahatabey were a peaceful and passive race whose culture came about largely independently of the Taíno and Siboney cultures further east. The Guanahatabey were extinct by the time of the Spanish arrival in ...
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ...
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University
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ...
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheik ...
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Education In Cuba
Education in Cuba has been a highly ranked system for many years. The University of Havana was founded in 1727 and there are a number of other well-established List of universities in Cuba, colleges and universities. Following the 1959 revolution, the Castro government nationalized all educational institutions, and created a government operated system. Education expenditures continue to receive high priority.Latin lessons: What can we Learn from the World’s most Ambitious Literacy Campaign?
by Nina Lakhani, ''The Independent'', 7 November 2010


History

Spanish Empire, Spain colonized Cuba from the early 16th century until 1898, when th ...
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List Of Universities In Cuba
The following is an incomplete list of colleges and universities in Cuba: Provincial Colleges * Agrarian University of Havana "Fructuoso Rodríguez", Mayabeque (UNAH* University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara (UCLV* University of Artemisa (UA* University of Camagüey " Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz" (UC* University of Ciego de Ávila " Máximo Gómez Báez" (UNICA* University of Cienfuegos "Carlos Rafael Rodríguez" (UCF* University of Granma (campuses in Bayamo and Manzanillo) (UDG* University of Guantánamo (CUG* University of Havana (UH* University of Holguín " Oscar Lucero Moya" (UHO* University of Las Tunas "Vladimir Ilich Lenin" (ULT* University of Matanzas "Camilo Cienfuegos" (UMCC* University of Pinar del Rio "Hnos Saíz Montes de Oca" (UPR* University of Sancti Spirítus "José Martí Pérez" (UNISS* University of Santiago de Cuba (Universidad de Oriente) (UO* University of Isla de la Juventud " Jesús Montané Oropesa" (U ...
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Universities In Cuba
The following is an incomplete list of colleges and universities in Cuba: Provincial Colleges * Agrarian University of Havana "Fructuoso Rodríguez", Mayabeque (UNAH* University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara (UCLV* University of Artemisa (UA* University of Camagüey " Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz" (UC* University of Ciego de Ávila " Máximo Gómez Báez" (UNICA* University of Cienfuegos "Carlos Rafael Rodríguez" (UCF* University of Granma (campuses in Bayamo and Manzanillo) (UDG* University of Guantánamo (CUG* University of Havana (UH* University of Holguín " Oscar Lucero Moya" (UHO* University of Las Tunas "Vladimir Ilich Lenin" (ULT* University of Matanzas "Camilo Cienfuegos" (UMCC* University of Pinar del Rio "Hnos Saíz Montes de Oca" (UPR* University of Sancti Spirítus "José Martí Pérez" (UNISS* University of Santiago de Cuba (Universidad de Oriente) (UO* University of Isla de la Juventud " Jesús Montané Oropesa" ( ...
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Educational Institutions Established In 1972
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education History of education, originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational aims and objectives, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the Philosophy of education#Critical theory, liberation of learners, 21st century skills, skills needed fo ...
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