Twenty days lost because of a ball?
Aurelio Nuño, the former Secretary of Public Education, dropped the bomb online: he called the cut to the school year in Mexico “major irresponsibility.” It’s not just anything: we’re talking about five and a half weeks of missed classes. 27 effective days of study that disappear.
“Education is not an inconsequential pastime that can be canceled under any pretext. What is not learned in those weeks is never recovered,” the former official warned.
And here comes the strongest: Nuño assures that everything is under the argument of the Soccer World Cup. But he sees it as a brutal setback in the face of global progress. The real reason? According to him, avoid union conflicts during the sporting event. Zero pedagogical criteria, pure political calculation.
The Royal Hit isn’t just for kids. Nuño puts his finger on the sore spot: who takes care of the minors those extra weeks? Working mothers, as always, bearing the cost. And who pays for the damage? The families, of course.
The former secretary launched a direct call to parents: demonstrate. It’s not just a cut, he says, it’s a symptom of the general deterioration of the national education system. The question that remains: is it worth exchanging books for goals?
