Overview
- The National Coordination of Scholarships said there will be no Rita Cetina payment in November, following October’s fourth deposit of the year.
- Under the 2025 disbursement schedule, payments are bimonthly in odd months, with the fifth and final deposit set for December.
- Current secondary beneficiaries receive MXN 1,900 bimonthly in second and third year, MXN 3,800 for first-year entrants, and MXN 700 extra per household for each additional registered child.
- Transfers are delivered directly to beneficiaries via the Tarjeta del Bienestar, with distribution organized by the first initial of the paternal surname.
- The program’s coverage will broaden to primary in 2026—online registration opens in January for grades 4–6 and in September for grades 1–3 at becaritacetina.gob.mx—and to preschool in 2027, with SEP administering the rollout to a base of more than 8.8 million current secondary students.