Overview

• Becas para el Bienestar now covers more than 13 million students: 8.8 million in basic education through Rita Cetina, 4.2 million in upper secondary via Benito Juárez, and over 400,000 in higher education with Jóvenes Escribiendo el Futuro.
• The administration set a goal of 55% higher-education coverage with 330,000 additional places in federal public systems, paired with a push for flexible, lifelong-learning university models using technology and AI.
• The National Bachillerato rollout eliminated the Comipems exam in the Mexico City metro area, with 97.4% of 273,000 applicants placed in one of their top three choices.
• Recent capacity and investment moves include 20 new bachillerato campuses, 33 school expansions, and 35 secondary-to-preparatoria conversions creating 37,500 seats, plus 25 billion pesos for LEEN benefiting 76,000 schools including 6,000 upper-secondary campuses.
• Opposition deputies challenged the plan, citing nearly one million recent dropouts, a learning crisis, and scant independent evaluation of current policies.