*Neoliberal governments conceive education as a privilege and not as a right
*Previous governments blamed teaches for educational backwardness
*162 million free textbooks have been distributed
*2.6 billion dollars’ budget for social scholarships in 2024
*Previous governments blamed teaches for educational backwardness
*162 million free textbooks have been distributed
*2.6 billion dollars’ budget for social scholarships in 2024
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00:00The return to basic education classes in Mexico was widely celebrated by President Andres Manuel López Obrador,
00:05who stressed that education is a right, not a privilege, as it was conceived in the period of neoliberal governments.
00:11Our colleague Antonio Aranda has the information.
00:15In Mexico, more than 24 million preschool, elementary, and high school students returned to school.
00:22The president of Mexico led a ceremony during his morning conference
00:30and pointed out that neoliberal governments conceived education as a privilege and not a right.
00:36We have a very good relation with teachers, unlike what happened in the sixth year term prior to us,
00:47when teachers were mistreated because they wanted to impose the so-called educational reform,
00:56which was nothing more than continuing to privatize education.
01:04López Obrador recalled that during the government of former President Enrique Peña Nieto,
01:09teachers were blamed for the educational backwardness in the country and were persecuted.
01:15Of the most vile things they carry out is to blame teachers for the educational backwardness of the country.
01:27Teachers and those who resisted were imprisoned.
01:35162 million free textbooks were distributed to all students for this school year,
01:41informed the Minister of Public Education.
01:46This year, for the 2024-2025 school year, 162 million textbooks were printed.
01:53All of them are already in basic education schools.
01:58The head of government of the country's capital city highlighted the policy of economic support
02:04to prevent students from dropping out of school.
02:08There are educational social programs, such as support for school supplies,
02:14which are provided by the Ministry of Education.
02:20There are educational social programs, such as support for school supplies,
02:27support for school uniforms, as well as a universal scholarship,
02:32the Welfare Scholarship for Girls and Boys that benefits 1,200,000 children
02:37enrolled in public pre-school, elementary and secondary schools.
02:43Parents recognize that these supports help them with expenses.
02:48The support that the government has given me for my child has helped me a lot
02:53because I cannot work due to my disability.
02:57The government of Mexico will assign, in 2024 alone, a budget of more than $2,600 million
03:03to deliver the Benito Juárez Welfare Scholarships,
03:09which allows almost six million students in various grades
03:14to have constant support to avoid dropping out of school.