Accurate analysis and broad debate adapted to the current situation distinguished the faculty developed at the Calixto García Municipal University Center (CUM) with the objective of renewing commitments in a profession that enchants and enamors as it was well said.
The university professors expressed their criteria about the advances in the methodological work, the improvement of the faculty which includes 9 doctors and others in training, and the quality of the undergraduate process.
Likewise, the retention of enrolled students was also discussed, an indicator that behaves at 61 percent, mainly affecting first-year students in the Accounting, Agronomy and Social Communication careers.
The director of the Center, Doctor of Sciences Francisco Infante Estrabao, reported that “the coverage of the plan of places planned for the 2025 course is not sufficient, with a greater impact on the careers of Agronomy, Physical Culture and preschool, which will affect the fulfillment of the Cum's mandate in the training of professionals,” he said.
The director of the center added “The achievements reached in the substantive processes by the University Center in research and postgraduate studies, the quality of the class, university extension, contributions to local development, among others, bring with them as a prize that in the next few days it will be subject to a comprehensive evaluation by the Ministry of Higher Education to obtain the category of Excellence.”

Head of Department MSc Julio César Fernández teaches the topic on “The formation of digital competence in professionals.”
Another important moment of the meeting was the topic presented by the Head of Department MSc Julio César Fernández on “The formation of digital competence in professionals, which pointed towards new strategies for the production of digital resources and the tools for their incorporation into the teaching process.
The Coordinator of the Social Communication career presented her experiences regarding professional competences in the digital field, and said “my career has already implemented the modality of classes and evaluations via WhatsApp, and in my case, she specified, I have passed all the modules of the Doctorate with that modality.
The master of sciences Jorge Luís Reyes López emphasizes the importance of working with the characterization of the students. (Archive image)
The master of sciences Jorge Luís Reyes López expressed “I agree that we must give way to digital development, but it is never It can be substituted by the emotional, affective part, where the teacher works with the individual differences of his students and with the characterization.”
Teaching staff of the Municipal University Center "Calixto García
