Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, attended the National Ceremony marking the beginning of the 2026–2027 School Year in the municipality of Old Havana on Tuesday.

The head of state was accompanied by Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Party's Political Bureau and Prime Minister; Meyvis Estéves Echeverría, First Secretary of the National Committee of the Young Communist League; and Naima Ariatne Trujillo Barreto, Minister of Education, alongside other invited officials.

The event was attended by children and teenagers from the Fe del Valle Daycare Center, the Rafael María de Mendive Primary School, the Rubén Bravo Junior High School, and the José Martí Senior High School.

The gathering, held on the Paseo del Prado near the former school where National Hero José Martí received his education, featured artistic performances by the children's theater companies La Colmenita and Habana Sueños, as well as student groups.