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IMSS Signs Deeds for First CECI Sites in State of Mexico as 1,000-Center Plan Advances

The overhaul shifts daycare to education-focused centers to double IMSS capacity this six-year term.

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Con los Centros de Educación y Cuidado Infantil (CECI), el IMSS refrenda su compromiso con la primera infancia, al pasar de un modelo de guardería centrado en la educación y cuidado que pone a niñas y niños en el centro de la atención
Los presidentes muncipales de Tlalnepantla, Chalco y Netzahualcóyotl donaron terrenos al IMSS para la construcción de Centros de Educación y Cuidado Infantil (CECI). Armando Quintero atestiguó, en representación de la Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum
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Overview

  • IMSS Estado de México Oriente finalized deeds for municipal land in Tlalnepantla, Nezahualcóyotl and Chalco to build three Centros de Educación y Cuidado Infantil.
  • Officials estimate potential demand of 15,975 children in Tlalnepantla, 8,788 in Nezahualcóyotl and 5,692 in Chalco, topping 30,000 beneficiaries.
  • The projects form part of a federally backed plan for the eastern State of Mexico that coordinates municipal governments and the social security institute.
  • IMSS created the Childcare and Early Education Unit to modernize rules, budgets and operations and to steer the nationwide expansion.
  • Under the new CECI model, children from 43 days to four years receive pedagogy-centered care with safety, health, nutrition and family support, as IMSS targets 1,000 centers between 2025 and 2030 to reach nearly 500,000 places.