In the historic allegation of self-defense for the Moncada's events, Fidel put forward  the need to resolve the educational problem into the country like one of the essential points of the program of the Moncada; So when succeeding the Revolution, education became converted in popular, scientific, technical and comprehensive.

As part of the changes from the enactment of the Ley No.680 of December 23, 1959 in which he materializes the comprehensive reform of teaching, this Law was complemented by the Ley No.76 of March 13, 1959 that diagnosed the breakup of the boards of education and in its place the municipal department of education rose.

The first director of this department in the local territory was Alberto Rodríguez Bermúdez. This department municipal advice of education was integrated for the director, a secretary, a technical inspector and white-collar workers, with an appliance of named support.

In between all the tasks of organization of the educational system, in the local territory the Creation of the municipal commission of alphabetization takes place on October 23, 1960. In this period the school cooperatives in the back countries that were the background of the infantile circles created for themselves; The elementary schools in The Elizabeth and Coliseo were built; Basic secondary schools in Carlos Rojas, San Miguel of The Bathrooms and Jovellanos. Making happen our commander in chief's words, the ancient barracks of the rural guard of Jovellanos in an elementary school transmutes.

Within this first cultural revolution, the Literacy Campaign became heroic feat. The January 28 considered himself like the symbolic sudden start of the campaign in Matanzas to pay reverence to the apostle. In order to carry out the literacy campaign in the local territory, Jovellanos had deposited the amount of $ 364,14 in the National Bank of Cuba.

Carlos Rojas's town was the municipality 12 inside the nation in declaring oneself to be free of illiteracy on November 22, 1961. On December 11 he proclaimed himself Jovellanos after having alphabetized 1240 inhabitants.

In this glorious page of alphabetization Cuban, are anonymous heroes that were leading men: Children, young people and adults that went to more recondite places of the locality and the country to take the light of teaching. To All the ones that participated like brigadistas, the town always has paid tribute to her the merited recognition and in this work he has to be taken like the homage to be the artificers of an one belonging to the biggest heroic deeds.

A concluded time the literacy campaign, had to consolidate it and to set oneself new goals to lift the population's cultural level; That way would start up the campaign for the 6to and 9no.

At the present time there are 5 infantile circles, 34 schools, of them 28 primary schools, 4 basic secondary schools, 1 university ERP, 1 Polytechnic Economía's Instituto, in addition to 1 University Municipal Center, 1 Facultad Peasant Worker.

The population's educational level manifests itself of the following way:

Superior level: 15.5 %.
Average level: 28.4 %
Half-way Superior Level: 49.5.