La educación en México en claro declive

Father Mario Ángel Flores reports that basic education in Mexico is in decline due to recent changes in educational reform.

Flores states that while education saw growth in coverage and quality from 1950 through the early 2000s, the current administration under Sheinbaum and the previous term of López Obrador have reversed these trends. He notes that the current reform returns privileges to labor unions and provides scholarships to all students in public schools, but does so while drastically reducing the budget for the Secretariat of Public Education.

According to Flores, these budget cuts have negatively impacted teacher training, led to the cancellation of full-time school programs, and reduced various educational and cultural programs. He contrasts this with the Peña Nieto administration, which sought to reclaim state control by removing union abuses, and the Felipe Calderón administration, which saw a loss of control over unions despite the implementation of full-time schools.