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Russian will be taught at Cuban schools as the first foreign language from the 2026-2027 academic year, the Russian Education Ministry has stated.
The Russian-Cuban working group for cooperation on general, vocational, and additional vocational education and organizing children’s rest and recovery held its third meeting in Moscow on Thursday (March 19), with the Ministry saying that “the discussion focused on teaching Russian in Cuba. The sides agreed to include Russian in the curriculum of Cuban schools as the first foreign language from the 2026/27 school year.
The two sides also agreed to develop cooperation in areas such as vocational education, share experiences in working with children with disabilities, and their endeavors in the digitization sphere. Several countries are introducing Russian language classes, mainly to assist with developing the Russian tourism market. Russian visitors now spend more currency overseas than Europeans do, mainly due to a higher level of disposable income.
