Overview
- SEP said 508,891 adults finished basic education through INEA in 2025, including 186,000 primary and 322,891 secondary certificates.
- INEA reported 189,797 people were newly literate this year, placing the national illiteracy rate at 3.8%, the lowest recorded.
- Chiapas accounted for about 40% of those alphabetized, highlighting the program’s geographic concentration.
- Officials credited agreements with state governments, unions, civil-society groups, TecNM and UPN for the scale of results.
- For 2026, authorities are targeting a 3.5% illiteracy rate, with plans under discussion to enlist IMSS rural health staff in literacy efforts and to empower INEA to offer upper-secondary programs.