Will the holidays be brought forward due to the heat and football?
The Secretary of Public Education, Mario Delgado, dropped the bomb: the SEP analyzes modifications to the school calendar. The reason? The temperatures that already seem like an oven and, of course, the 2026 World Cup.
“We are going to a discussion about modifications to the school calendar, based on the request that several entities have made to us due to the heat issue, the World Cup issue and other factors,” Delgado said in front of Education Secretaries from all over the country.
In other words, the states were already asking for a clue. And the World Cup, that event that paralyzes the country, also throws in its weight. What’s next? Virtual classes during National Team matches? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Less bureaucracy, more action (or at least that’s what they promise)
Delgado also made mea culpa: “We fall into the recklessness… of asking and asking for things from schools.” He acknowledged that they burden teachers with administrative burdens. And it announced a single registration platform for basic and upper secondary school.
“We have to do an analysis of the administrative burdens to reduce them,” he stated.
It sounds nice, but we’ll see if it doesn’t remain a promise. Meanwhile, bureaucracy remains the seven-headed monster of the education system.
Rita Cetina Scholarship: the panacea?
The official boasted that the Rita Cetina Scholarship, by order of the president, will reach 9 million primary school students this year. Added to the 5.6 million secondary school students last year, they would close with 22.8 million scholarship recipients.
“Which makes this program one of the most important in the world,” he said.
Important? Yes. Enough? To cover useful and uniforms, perhaps. But the real challenge is to keep the kids from dropping out of school. And there, the scholarship is just a patch.
Mental health: the elephant in the room
Delgado presented the “ABC of emotions” strategy for middle and high school. The goal? Address the deterioration of mental health in adolescents.
“We have a very worrying problem in the mental health of our adolescents and youth,” he acknowledged.
But be careful: they do not intend to turn teachers into psychologists. They just want school to be a space to build bonds. It sounds like a patch, but at least they recognize the problem. Although, let’s face it, with school pressure, violence and uncertainty, young people need more than artistic activities.
And the glasses?
Ah, the pending: the delivery of free glasses. Delgado asked parents to take their children for them. “We have to get them to go get their completely free glasses,” he said. But if the system does not facilitate the process, it is not just the parents’ fault.
In summary
Between heat, World Cup, scholarships and mental health, the SEP has something to cut from. But, as always, the question is whether these promises will be translated into concrete actions or will remain in the archive of good intentions. Meanwhile, teachers and students remain overwhelmed, hoping that the system does not leave them behind.
