Students, teachers and executives from around the country celebrate today the Educator''s Day, commemorating the 55th anniversary of Cuba being declared territory free of Illiteracy by the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.
In the emblematic Ciudad Escolar Libertad, headquarters of a Pedagogical Scientific Complex, will be held the central ceremony for the anniversary of the end of the 'National Literacy Campaign' on December 22, 1961.
The campus of the then Columbia Military Camp until the triumph of the Revolution in January 1959, will allow students of different levels of education to pay homage to their teachers and recall one of the most momentous events in the history of the nation.
That day, after nearly two years of hard work by volunteer brigades made up of students aged seven to 19, then-Prime Minister Fidel Castro, declared Cuba free of illiteracy in the Jose Marti Revolution Square.
As a symbol of the Cuban educational system, Ciudad Libertad was officially inaugurated on September 14, 1959 by the Commander-in-Chief.
Currently, this Pedagogical Scientific Complex has two children's circles; A preschool concentrate; Six elementary schools; Three secondary schools, one pre-university institute and another polytechnic among other entities.