Mexico Keeps School Calendar Unchanged After Backlash over World Cup Plan
Education officials reversed an early-end proposal after parents objected, keeping the 185-day calendar for 23.4 million students.
- On Monday, Mexican education authorities agreed to preserve the existing 185-day school calendar, reversing a proposed early end to the academic year that had drawn criticism from parents.
- Education Secretary Mario Delgado had proposed ending the school year about 40 days early on June 5, arguing the move addressed a heat wave and logistical challenges for the World Cup.
- Parents and the think tank Mexico Evalua criticized the proposal, warning that the measure would decrease learning time for 23.4 million students and cause them to fall behind.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed skepticism of the plan, calling for a consensus decision and guaranteeing "conditions of security" necessary for the tournament.
- With The World Cup kicking off June 11 in Mexico City, authorities noted that states may still make local adjustments during extraordinary circumstances like extreme heat.
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Mexico Abandons Plan to End School Year Early for World Cup
Mexico's schools won't be getting a World Cup-length summer break after all. As Al Jazeera reports, the federal government has reversed a plan to end the school year roughly six weeks early following pushback from parents, state officials, and education analysts. Education Secretary Mario Delgado had abruptly announced Friday that...
The Minister of Education had the plan to significantly extend the holidays in Mexico because of the World Cup. Now the politician rowed back.
The decision of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) to adjust the school calendar 2025-2026 throughout Mexico, which coincides with the World Cup, sparked a wave of criticism among the educational community. According to El País, the announcement was made by the owner of the portfolio, Mario Delgado, who communicated “adjustments” to the calendar for public and private schools of basic and middle level throughout the country. A heat wave? Alt…
The plans to extend the school holidays in Mexico during the World Cup and to start earlier are obsolete. Because of the high temperatures and the World Cup, Mexican school children were originally to be sent to the summer holidays much earlier. From the beginning of June there would have been no lessons for about three months. A total of 23.4 million students would have been affected.Education Minister Mario Delgado had presented the plan only …
While the Mexican Minister of Education, Mario Delgado, had "proposed" to advance the end of the school year, particularly with a view to the World Cup of Football, the idea was finally abandoned.
Mexicans Primero and UNICEF welcomed SEP's cancellation of the proposed cut to the current school cycle after strong criticisms.
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