Overview

• More than a million teachers, directors and supervisors are in the Consejo Técnico Escolar fase intensiva from Aug. 25–29 to prepare the return of over 23 million students on Sept. 1, with guidance focused on reading reality, the program analítico and continuous improvement, plus specific orientations for multigrade schools.
• SEP confirmed there will be classes on Monday, Sept. 1 despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s First Informe, noting the date is not a mandatory holiday under the Federal Labor Law.
• Families are urged to finalize basic‑education registrations by Aug. 29; common documents include the student’s birth certificate, CURP, recent proof of address, a parent or guardian’s ID and report cards when requested.
• Key early‑cycle dates include a Sept. 8 awareness day on abuse and child maltreatment (without class suspension), the only September holiday on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and the first student long weekend created by the CTE session on Friday, Sept. 26.
• The 2025–26 cycle runs 185 effective days through July 15, 2026, with winter break from Dec. 22 to Jan. 9 and Semana Santa from March 30 to April 10, plus eight regular CTE sessions on the last Fridays set in the official calendar.