SeGob, SEP Toss Esquivel Plagiarism Case Back to UNAM
The UNAM can grant a title and it can also take it away, but not a professional license
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AMLO: No Spying Involved in Mexico Space Pact with Russia
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the morning of Monday, Oct. 10, insisted that the agreement between Mexico and Russia for “space research for peace purposes” does not have elements of espionage, and that it was a pact agreed upon since September 2021, at least five months before the Moscow invasion of Ukraine. “It is
Read moreCivil Groups Demand Input on New SEP Study Plan
By MARK LORENZANA After Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced an investigation into Federal Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo Peña, who stopped the implementation of the new curriculum for basic-education students, civil organizations have requested a dialogue with the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) to participate in the preparation of the educational programs that the SEP is planning to
Read moreEconomic Expert: AMLO ‘Pawning’ Mexico’s Future with Education Policy
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is “pawning” Mexico’s future with his “preference for improvisation,” according to economist, author and journalist Jorge Suarez Velez in his weekly column for Mexican daily newspaper Reforma on Thursday, Aug. 25. This “improvisation,” according to Suarez Velez, is manifested in López Obrador’s penchant for promoting his friends “without experience or
Read moreSEP Educational Plan to Praise Works of AMLO’s 4T
By MARK LORENZANA In the new “Basic Education Curricular Plan” of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), high school students in Mexican public schools must learn in their civics subject the infrastructure works carried out by the government, which political party has promoted these works and if they were part of previous campaign promises. These are just a few examples of what
Read moreNew SEP Study Plans Prioritizes Indoctrination, Not Academia
OPINION By MARK LORENZANA There have been mostly negative reactions to the appointment by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Leticia Ramírez as head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), to replace Delfina Gómez Álvarez. Ramírez has not been in her position for more than a couple of days, and already the SEP had presented a “New
Read moreAMLO Names Leticia Ramírez as New Public Education Head
By MARK LORENZANA After heaping praise on Delfina Gómez Álvarez for her tenure as head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in his daily morning press conference on Monday, Aug. 15, officially announced the appointment of Leticia Ramírez to take over the leadership of the SEP. López Obrador assured the audience at the
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