Overview
- Authorities lifted the monthly stipend to about 9,582 pesos, set a 25,173 million‑peso budget, and targeted 500,000 new trainees for 2026.
- INEGI reports 30.4 million people aged 15–29 with 14.5 million outside the labor force, and the NEET rate remains near 18.9% with little recent movement.
- Participation has swung from 213,630 beneficiaries in 2024 to 378,628 in 2025, while more than 3.3 million people have taken part since the program’s 2019 launch.
- Analysts cite high informality, weak creation of formal jobs, and training–demand mismatches as reasons many graduates fall back into inactivity or informal work.
- Labor Secretary Marath Bolaños says the program boosts youth occupation and post‑program hiring, which offers 12 months of workplace training with IMSS coverage and payment via Banco del Bienestar.