Mexico Cancels Plans to End School Year Early for World Cup
Officials reversed an early-end plan after backlash from parents and local authorities, saying the calendar will still protect 23.4 million students' learning time.
- On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, the Mexican government cancelled plans to shorten the 2025-2026 school year, confirming that classes will conclude on July 15 as originally scheduled following widespread public backlash.
- Education Secretary Mario Delgado announced last Thursday that the school year would end almost six weeks early to accommodate 13 World Cup matches and extreme weather, triggering immediate criticism from parents and local authorities.
- Think tank Mexico Evalua warned the measure would reduce effective learning time for 23.4 million students, while parents questioned the decision as treating classrooms as mere daycare without pedagogical purpose.
- Following a Monday meeting convened by President Claudia Sheinbaum with federal and state education officials, Mexico's 32 federal entities reached a unanimous agreement to maintain the original academic calendar.
- Adjustments could still occur on a state-by-state basis based on local conditions, while Sheinbaum guaranteed "conditions of security" for upcoming World Cup matches and associated public works projects.
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The Ministry of Public Education (SEP), together with the state educational authorities, agreed to maintain the school calendar 2025-2026 in its original terms, preserving the 185 effective days of class established on June 9, 2025, so the school cycle will end on July 15, as planned. “This determination gives priority to the higher right of children and adolescents to a comprehensive education, while providing certainty and stability to million…
Four days of widespread discontent and cross-declarations between the Secretary of Education, Mario Delgado, and President Claudia Sheinbaum have finally ended this Monday afternoon after a meeting of more than five hours between Delgado and the Secretaries of Education of each State, with the decision that the school calendar for public and private schools of basic and middle level — pre-school, primary, secondary and high school — all over the…
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