Cuba Offers English Exams Required for Universities in the United States

Cuba Offers English Exams Required for Universities in the United States
/ 14ymedio
Posted on June 19, 2015

14ymedio, 18 June 2015 – For the first time Cuba will be the site of two
English exams needed for admission to most universities in the United
States, according to a report this Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

Four Cuban students will take the Test of English as a Foreign Language
in Havana on Saturday, June 27. The qualification is a world standard
for the admission of non-Anglophone students to universities in the
United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, among other countries.

The organization providing the test, the Educational Testing Service,
has also announced plans to offer the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), an
entrance exam required by many American universities for admission to
graduate studies, despite the logistical obstacles stemming from the
lack of technological infrastructure and financing in the country. This
latter test will be given in October.

According to José Santiago, head of the GRE exam for the Educational
Testing Service, this testing schedule reflects the interests of
American universities in enrolling Cuban students after the
reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.

For now, no additional testing dates are scheduled on the Island. "There
are still many issues to resolve," explains Santiago, adding that he is
working with two Cuban universities to turn their computer classrooms
into sites for the official exams.

Students who want to take the tests confront several obstacles,
including paying by credit card and the poor quality of the equipment
for the listening tests.

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