Sheinbaum stated that she does not plan to modify the school calendar; she said that the six weeks of vacation should be maintained, following an announcement by the Ministry of Education (SEP).
Following an announcement by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) that the school year would be shortened to June 5th due to the heat and the World Cup, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated that "the current proposal is to maintain the six weeks of vacation."
During her morning press conference on Monday, May 11th, at the National Palace, Sheinbaum Pardo accused that "everyone had an opinion" and said that the announcement made by the head of the SEP, Mario Delgado, was unanimously approved by the Secretaries of Education from all federal entities and was "not a whim."
It should be noted that today, at 10:00 AM, the Secretaries of Education from the various states will hold a meeting to define the school calendar.
Also read: Adjustments to the school calendar must respect the rights of students and teachers: SNTE; proposes advancing the start of the 2026-2027 school year.
"We also need to listen to what is being proposed. Therefore, very long vacations were suggested. So, the current proposal is to maintain the six weeks of vacation, and this education council, which includes all the secretaries, will meet again today at 10:00 AM to gather the perspectives of some parents.
"The idea is to have only six weeks of vacation, as has always been the case, and that perhaps some schools will move forward their schedule, while others may maintain the previous calendar, but we will wait until 10:00 AM..."
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Following the announcement by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) that the school year would be shortened to June 5th due to the heat and the World Cup, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stated that "the current proposal is to maintain the six weeks of vacation." In her morning press conference on Monday, May 11th, at the National Palace, Sheinbaum Pardo accused that "everyone has an opinion" and said that the announcement made by the head of the SEP, Mario Delgado, was unanimously approved by the Secretaries of Education of all the federal entities and was "not a whim." It should be noted that today, at 10:00 AM, the Secretaries of Education from the states will hold a meeting to define the school calendar. Also read: Adjustments to the school calendar must respect the rights of students and teachers: SNTE; proposes to advance the start of the 2026-2027 school year.
"We also need to listen to what is being proposed. So, very long vacations were proposed. Therefore, the current proposal is to maintain the six weeks of vacation, and this council of education, which includes all the secretaries, will meet again today at 10:00 AM to gather the views of some parents. "The idea is that there are only six weeks of vacation, as has always been the case, and that perhaps some schools will advance their schedules, while others may remain with the previous calendar, but we will wait for the decision at 10:00 AM. The goal is for it to be a consensus decision, as was the decision on Friday. Now, we need to listen, and essentially, the goal is to maintain the six weeks of vacation," she said.
"Now, some governors are saying that they disagree, and they have the right to say that they disagree, but their Secretaries of Education approved it on Friday. It was not a decision, a whim of Mario, but rather a request from many teachers and parents who made this proposal, and everyone voted for it," she noted. The head of the federal executive branch accused that there was "a campaign" against Mario Delgado. "The truth is that it was a unanimous decision by all the Secretaries of Education in the country," she reiterated.
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