Overview
- Education Minister Mario Delgado, who announced Tuesday, confirmed the 2025/26 school year will end on July 15.
- The scrapped plan would have run summer break from June 5 to August 31 for more than 24 million students.
- Officials had cited expected World Cup traffic and high temperatures as reasons for the longer break.
- Parents’ groups, education advocates and the employer group Coparmex warned the change would widen learning gaps and strain childcare.
- States and cities may still make local adjustments, with match-day measures possible in host venues such as Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, where play opens June 11 at the Azteca Stadium.