Overview
- Education Secretary Mario Delgado praised teachers as “agents of transformation,” citing their role in advancing the Nueva Escuela Mexicana’s humanist and inclusive approach.
- He led the year’s first Maratón por la Lectura at the centenarian Secundaria No. 2 “Ana María Berlanga” in Mexico City’s Cuauhtémoc borough.
- Officials said secondary schools now serve more than 5.6 million students nationwide and reaffirmed supports such as the Beca Universal Rita Cetina and Beca Universal Benito Juárez.
- The National Reading Strategy introduced estrategianacionaldelectura.sep.gob.mx to provide anthologies from reading marathons, literary recommendations, videos, and an events calendar.
- Leaders noted secondary education was established in 1926 to expand access beyond primary school for adolescents, including children of peasants and workers.