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Heriberto Sedeno attended elementary school at Escuela Primaria del Centro de Dependientes del Comercio de La Habana
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At the age of 5, Heriberto Sedeno attended elementary school at Escuela Primaria del Centro de Dependientes del Comercio de La Habana. After passing 5th grade, he took an early entrance exam to be admitted to an academic center to pursue a “bachillerato” degree which is comparable to a preparatory and first year undergraduate school.
From 1957 to 1958, Heriberto Sedeno attended Havana Business Academy to prepare for the entrance exam to “bachilllerato” studies. After clearing this competitive exam lasting three days, his parents enrolled him at a private school, Colegio Academia Pitman accredited by the Cuban Department of Education through one of their agencies, the Instituto Superior de Segunda Ensenanza de La Vibora, Havana, Cuba. Heriberto Sedeno Attended Havana Business Academy
The Cuban revolution and the access to power by Fidel Castro in January 1st of 1959, was coincidental with his first year of "bachillerato" at Colegio Academia Pitman. Heriberto Sedeno continued halfway into his third year of bachillerato. Bachillerato education consisted of a five-year program to earn this degree. The last year of Bachillerato curriculum was chosen by the student to major in Liberal Arts or Sciences depending on the professional path he would follow. Heriberto Sedeno Attended Academia Pitman
While waiting for his exit permit from the Cuban government to immigrate to the USA, Dr. Sedeno from 1961 to 1962 attended the Alliance Francaise de La Habana, where he became conversant in French. Prior to this, at the Havana Business Academy, Heriberto Sedeno became proficient in English. Heriberto Sedeno Studied At The Alliance Francaise
In 1961, the Castro communist regime began to apply drastic measures like the abolition of private education. Academia Pitman Castro’s regime took away Academia Pitman from its rightful owners. This school and other private schools were taken over by the regime to impart its communist ideology to the Cuban youth. Due to the disillusionment with the changes occurring in Cuba, Heriberto Sedeno chose to leave his country and immigrate to USA in order to continue his studies unimpaired by communist propaganda. He left Cuba on October 2, 1962 looking for freedom and begin a new life in USA. Heriberto Sedeno Emigrated To USA