Economy and professional frustration

By Manuel Alberto Ramy

HAVANA – The number of university graduates among fellow Cubans is impressive. According to the National Office of Statistics (ONI), in 2010 Cuba’s work force was 6,829,100 strong. Of those, 5,112,500, people were active – 74.9% of the work force.

Among active workers, 805,900 had a university degree, which encompasses 15.7% of the work force, an enviable figure for any country from our region. Add to that high school graduates (including mid-level technicians in different fields), the number rises to 2,733,200, and readers get a notion of the investment made for educating the productive forces.