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The Republic of Cuba 



DR. EZEQUIEL GARCIA-ENSENAT 



Secretary of Public Instruction 



R. EZEQUIEL GaRCIA-EnSENAT 



as Secretary of Public In- 

 struction, has an immense 

 task in the development of 

 Cuba's most crying need. 

 This Department is divided 

 into two sections; one has 

 charge of preliminary educa- 

 tion and has under its control all the elementary 

 schools, while the other has control over the Nor- 

 mal and High Schools, the University of Cuba, the 

 School of Arts and Crafts, the School of Painting 

 and Sculpture, the National Conservatory of 

 Music and Declamation, the National and other 

 Public Libraries and the National Astronomical 

 Observatory. 



Compared with the high illiteracy which 

 maintained under Spanish rule, much has been 

 accomplished along the lines of education and 

 while much is to be desired there is every prospect 

 of Cuba taking its place in the ranks of the well- 

 educated nations of the world. 



