HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 8 (acn) The English language will be a major requirement for Cuban university graduates in the near future, said Higher Education Minister Rodolfo Alarcon in a recent news conference.
Although the new measure will not be applied in the current or next school years, it will be implemented as conditions to achieve such a goal be created in all provinces, said the minister.
He added that although the students pass all other exams relevant to their curricula, they will not be granted a university title if they do not prove their mastery of the English language.
English will no longer be a curricular subject at universities, so the students will take it in independent courses with a series of I.T. tools that favor the learning of that language. The students will take classes according to their preference and skills in the learning levels they considered themselves prepared to do so, said Alarcon.
The minister referred to inefficient English teaching and the problems that this inflicts in the students since very early school years, particularly in elementary and high school.
He addressed the lack of English teachers by saying that it is not to be solved by the higher education system and he noted that such a problem cannot continue to affect the professional work of university graduates who, at times, cannot even maintain the simplest dialog in a universal language for the academic world.
English Language teaching will adopt the same structure as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, so the Cuban system will work to guarantee an international validation for the diplomas issued by Cuban universities.
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