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Since the revolution of 1959 Cuba massively expanded and, in many respects, transformed its education system. While the strategy under Fidel Castro initially differed from other Less Developed Countries (LDCs) in its emphasis on mass education and technical training, with time the island has been inflicted with the same 'diploma disease' as so many other LDCs. The country has come to be over-educated, relative to the employment opportunities available. Over-education has become a political as well as fiscal problem following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Soviet aid and trade in turn. Faced with the problem, the government is attempting to de-school the younger generation. However, families are resisting the downward mobility implicit in the education restructuring.