During the day one sees groups of school kids walking from one place to another. They often can be seen with their teachers having a class in a park or Plaza. Access to education was one of the early goals of the Revolution. Outside of the upper middle class families in the larger towns and cities, education was quite spotty in the 1940s and 50s. The literacy rate was about 40-45%. After the Revolution many teachers were educated and dispatched to the more rural areas. Now every small village has a school. Access to higher education and vocational training are also available. Unfortunately there are not many jobs available for these educated young people because of the economic failures of the revolutionary government. One of my friends was an English teacher. She decided to to do something else, she was not allowed to being told teachers were a critical need and if she wanted to work that is what she had to do. She was being paid $15-20/month. Now she works as a guide and a fine art photographer. If she sells one photo to a tourist a month, she will make what she would otherwise make in a year. It is very difficult because most photographic supples have to be purchased on the black market.