BY MAURILIO SOTO
The News
The federal government signed agreements with state governments on Tuesday on measures to implement the education reform passed earlier this year.
These agreements include mechanisms to ensure that teachers attend class and apply penalties when they don’t, as well as measures to ensure the administrative autonomy of public schools and compliance with curriculum guidelines. The agreements also establish that the government will operate programs to reduce dropout rates, improve school infrastructure and ensure the digital literacy of the country’s students.
“The education reform isn’t just a transformational reform, but also a reform of the state,” President Enrique Peña Nieto said. “It’s proper implementation is therefore a shared responsibility that all authorities should take on.”
According to Peña Nieto, the education budget for 2014 will be 592 billion pesos ($45 billion), a number he said is based on information provided by the National Statistics, Geography and Information Institute (INEGI) on the strengths and weaknesses of Mexico’s school system.
Peña Nieto thanked teachers and parents for their labor, as well as the National Education Workers Union (SNTE), adding that the education reform can only become a reality with the support of all sectors of society.
SNTE President Juan Díaz de la Torre said that his union would help carry out the reform because it would contribute to Mexico’s development without violating teachers’ rights.
“The SNTE will support the education reform because we are agreed upon the urgency of transforming the education system while respecting work rights,” Díaz de la Torre added.
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