Overview
- The administration unveiled the package on Wednesday, publishing a Plan for distribution of 2027 materials and opening a 30-day prepublication comment period for proposed textbook changes and national discipline lineaments.
- New discipline rules spell out mandatory short hair for male students, bans on makeup, nail polish and dyed hair, a classroom cellphone prohibition, reinstated conduct grades and the possibility of expulsion for serious infractions.
- Education authorities moved to distribute 2027 materials earlier than usual and announced delivery of 1.2 million school kits to help prevent disruptions from a possible El Niño weather event.
- Former officials and education specialists criticized the measures as a backward step that could gender students unfairly, curb academic autonomy and shift responsibility for harassment onto victims.
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa was formalized as ambassador to the United States by a Supreme Resolution published in El Peruano and publicly thanked the president, though reports say U.S. credentialing has not yet been completed and receiving-state acceptance is required for full accreditation.