Overview
- The Beca Rita Cetina will extend in 2026 to all primary students, with total scholarship coverage targeted to surpass 20 million from the current 13.3 million beneficiaries.
- Delgado said Mexico aims to reduce adult illiteracy below 4% next year to qualify for UNESCO’s White Flag designation as a territory free of illiteracy.
- The government reported distributing more than 154 million free textbooks this school year, including editions in 20 indigenous languages.
- As part of a healthy-schools push, 86% of basic education campuses no longer sell junk food or sugary drinks, and more than 6.5 million students received health checks with support from IMSS, DIF and health authorities.
- Infrastructure and access measures include allocating 24.5 billion pesos through La Escuela es Nuestra for 70,000 basic schools and 6,000 bachilleratos, pledging full reconstruction of storm-damaged schools, and replacing the COMIPEMS exam with the ‘Mi derecho, mi lugar’ platform that placed 97.4% of applicants in one of their top three choices; the SEP also said PISA was administered and Mejoredu data are being migrated to SEP platforms.