Mexican President sent new education plan to Congress

The proposal establishes, as its main element, the creation of a Center for the Revaluation of Teaching while decreeing the extinction of the current National Institute for the Evaluation of Education.

Mexican new President, Antonio Manuel López Obrador, has sent a new education plan to Congress.

This proposal actually binned the ‘reform’ presented by Peña Nieto. The normative basis of the government proposals intends to guarantee a free public education at all levels.

Breaking previous neo-liberal practices, the Executive's approach has the support of the teachers 'union and the parents' associations.

The plan foresees the creation of 100 public universities and 300,000 additional scholarships, during the six-year term of the current Mexican president.

The proposal establishes, as its main element, the creation of a Center for the Revaluation of Teaching while decreeing the extinction of the current National Institute for the Evaluation of Education.

In addition, the reform proposal sent to the Congress includes a federal approach to expand education programs for indigenous people that includes bilingual and bicultural teaching practice, which should positively affect almost 30% of the Mexican indigenous population.

The new President has a large majority in Congress, so the approval of his educational proposal, beyond the natural adjustments and consensus, is practically guaranteed.