By KELIN DILLON Just days after Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) announced the end of the federal government’s Full-Time School program – which provided educational support, additional class hours, and hot food to 3.6 million of the nation’s most impoverished children throughout some 27,000 schools around the nation – in favor of funding infrastructure projects, the controversial move has
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s vaccination efforts against covid-19 try their best to move forward, yet another roadblock has presented itself, this time in the form of a proverbial drought in doses. While last week, Mexico received over 5 million doses of vaccines from brands AstraZeneca and Pfizer, this week the number dwindled to less than half of that, with
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By KELIN DILLON Barely one full week after their reopening, 39 Mexican public schools once again temporarily shuttered their doors to in-person classes after a number of their student populations tested positive for covid-19, said Secretary of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A total of 88 schools throughout Mexico reported positive cases, representing .06 percent of
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico fast approaches its Aug. 30 start date for in-person education for children, the implementation of its back-to-school plan has been fraught with confusion for Mexican families nationwide. Some parents have noted that their children who go to public and private schools have two different returns to class, with the public schools being completely in-person while
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By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Thursday, Aug. 12, the head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez announced the nation’s 10.step plan for the return to in-person classes, which are set to resume on Aug. 30, after more than a year long break caused by the covid-19 pandemic. “Why open schools? Children need shelter due to
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced during his daily morning press conference on Thursday, July 15, that Mexico’s public schools will open nationwide for in-person learning at the end of August, following the country’s drawn-out battle with covid-19. López Obrador claimed the new surge in coronavirus cases would have “no risk” for the resumption of
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By KELIN DILLON After the controversial decision to rework 18 primary school textbooks for Mexico’s public school system, it has been revealed that only two of the ordered materials have successfully been completed, and will likely not even make it to publication. More than 2,300 teachers and academics were asked by the Mexican government to aid in the compilation of
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By ADRIANA GARCÍA VALDERRAMA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that he foresees that as soon as all the nation’s education personnel gets vaccinated against the covid-19 virus, classes will return to “normal” to conclude the 2020-2021 school year with live classes. According to Mexican Secretary of Public Education Delfina Gómez, vaccination is already underway in Aguascalientes, Baja
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) has put an end to private schools’ dream of reopening for face-to-face classes, coming in a decision announced on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The National Association of Private Schools released a statement on Monday, Feb. 22, stating its intention to resume in-person education on March 1, following strict social distancing protocols. “The
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