BY CIRCE VARGON
AND VÍCTOR MAYÉN
The News
The Public Education Secretariat (SEP) said in a Wednesday press release that the number of spaces in Mexico’s public universities has increased during the 2013-14 school year, offering an additional 41,406 spaces through the Emerging Enrollment Program for Higher Education.
The press release also said that it is prioritizing college educations for young people from indigenous communities through an evaluation of the Intercultural Universities system, which are designed to address the educational needs of Mexico’s indigenous population.
These universities have an enrollment of 11,600 students — over half of whom speak an indigenous language — and offer 56 majors, 11 master’s degrees and one doctorate.
The SEP also said that it has established an agreement with the French government to promote student exchanges between the universities of both countries, which it claimed will help modernize Mexico’s economy.
Nevertheless, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) Deputy Miguel Alonso Raya said that the SEP must publish a review of Mexico’s current educational system by Jan. 15 at the latest, as required under the terms of the education reform passed earlier this year.
Alonso Raya went on to say that the education reform’s controversial teacher evaluations — which led to a prolonged teachers’ strike this past fall — are still unclear, adding that what exactly the evaluations will consist of should be cleared up as soon as possible.
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