The great educational act of the Fourth Transformation
Claudia Sheinbaum made it clear in her morning. Public education is not a speech, it is the center of your project. And to prove it, he put numbers on the table that hurt because of their forcefulness.
“This is really the essence of the Fourth Transformation and education as the center of the Transformation, public education,” he declared with that conviction that we already know him.
The plot is dramatic in its simplicity. In just seven years, from 2019 until the end of its mandate in 2026, the government will invest 341,786 million pesos in educational infrastructure. The comparison is the theatrical blow: during 18 years of the so-called ‘neoliberal period’, only 304,907 million were allocated.
More than cement, a country commitment
“In the six-year term we are going to invest 350 billion pesos,” Sheinbaum explained. The money will go to improvements in existing schools and construction of new ones, from basic to higher education. But here’s the important thing: they’re not just buildings.
Added to that monumental figure are 160 billion for student scholarships. Also salary increases for teachers and creation of more positions. That is, they are building the complete scenario: better spaces, more well-paid teachers and financial support so that no student is left out.
My father always said that politics is measured by what it does in the classrooms. Because what happens there determines the future of the country. Sheinbaum seems to have learned that lesson to heart.
The question now is not whether the investment is historic—the numbers scream yes—but whether it will truly transform an educational system that has suffered decades of neglect. The curtain has already risen. Now it’s time to see the function.
