Gov’t promotes Mexican schools

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thenews.com.mx

BY SUZZETE ALCÁNTARA

The News

MEXICO CITY – The federal government announced on Monday that in 2014 it will invest 5 million pesos ($383,567) in the Mexico schools program, which collaborates with certain Central American schools to improve infrastructure and provided equipment.

The program was created in 1996 by the Foreign Relations Secretariat in cooperation with 145 schools from Central America, all named after a Mexican city or leader.

Over the last 18 years the program has helped 60,000 alumni and 3,000 teachers.

After introducing 341 students enrolled in the program visiting from around Central America, the head of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation and Development (Amexcid), Juan Manuel Valle said, “This year in particular the program will receive 5 million pesos. The benefit is apparent throughout the region to those who know Mexico. It creates a good impression of Mexico. When some of these students visit the UNAM, their parents ask what needs to be done so that their children can study in this country.”

Secretary of Foreign Relations José Antonio Meade said that the visiting students were those with the best grade point average of their classes.

“These 341 boys and girls from the schools of Latin America tested at the very top of their class,” said Meade.