Overview
- On Saturday the president signed a Supreme Decree that establishes national school discipline lineamientos, returning the 0–20 grading scale, banning cellphones in class, classifying infractions and mandating a daily reading block.
- The education package pairs those rules with infrastructure and connectivity targets, including a pledge to build 500 new schools a year, remodel 600 annually and install satellite internet in all schools.
- On Sunday the government published Decree Legislativo N.º 1742, which allows the Armed Forces to provide temporary and exceptional external security support to penitentiary centers declared in emergency and lists five high‑risk prisons under that regime.
- The DL gives the military specific perimeter powers such as setting security rings, patrols and intelligence support, neutralizing drones, and installing signal‑blocking equipment, and it foresees use of existing agency budgets rather than new Treasury funding.
- Education specialists and legal critics say the rapid rollout risks poor implementation without teacher training, clear Minedu guidance and constitutional safeguards, and the prison measures could shift operational burdens and budgets onto INPE and the PNP while the government builds new facilities to ease overcrowding.