Thousands of excited students return to classrooms in Campeche

Thousands of excited students return to classrooms in Campeche

Thousands of grade school students in Campeche have returned to classrooms in a state-wide pilot program. In total 5,500 students in 137 schools are to taking part in the pilot program which authorities hope can be emulated elsewhere in the country.  This is the first time that any substantial amount of students in Mexico has…

Teachers in Yucatán to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in May

Teachers in Yucatán to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in May

Teachers in Yucatán are to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in May, announced President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a morning press conference. The program seeks to vaccinate all teachers in the state, regardless of whether they work in public or private schools. The vaccination program will run from May 19 to 28. In total, Yucatán…

COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers in Yucatán to begin next week

COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers in Yucatán to begin next week

School teachers will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines as early as April 20, Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal announced. On Thursday, the governor is scheduled to meet with state education secretary Delfina Gomez to work out vaccination protocols.  Last month, Vila Dosal told President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that once people 60 and over have been…

Mexican students help develop a new agricultural imaging satellite

Mexican students help develop a new agricultural imaging satellite

SpaceX will launch a new Mexican satellite into Earth’s orbit after a collaboration that involved students from Atlacomulco’s Polytechnic University. The satellite, D2/AtlaCom-1, is expected to launch from the SpaceX control center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June. It was developed by NanoAvionics and DragonFly with the collaboration of the students. The principal function of…

Will schools reopen after Easter? Authorities say it’s unlikely

Will schools reopen after Easter? Authorities say it’s unlikely

Federal health undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell says that Yucatán is not yet ready for students returning to classrooms. The government official said that although Yucatán’s government has done much to contain the pandemic, the current rate of infections is still too high.  López Gatell will spend the next several days in Yucatán and Campeche supervising the…

After more than a year, Mexico plans back-to-school strategy
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After more than a year, Mexico plans back-to-school strategy

Mexico’s federal education authority says that it is working on a plan to return students to in-classroom learning.  The news comes a day after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on the state of Campeche to return to in-person learning in late April, after the Easter holidays.  “Returning to classrooms will be an enormous step…

Free courses teach people in rural communities to cultivate marijuana

Free courses teach people in rural communities to cultivate marijuana

Pro-marijuana activists are offering free growing workshops in Yucatan’s rural communities. “It is all about fighting the stigma that surrounds marijuana and showing people the sorts of products that they could produce.” said a spokesperson from Frente Cannábico del Sureste.  The group says that it will continue with its workshops and will always make sure…

Yucatán governor: Teachers next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations
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Yucatán governor: Teachers next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations

Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal plans to place teachers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.  The governor told President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that once people 60 and over have been fully inoculated against COVID-19, the vaccination of teachers should be the next priority in Yucatán. Vila Dorsal presented the president with a document —…

AMLO: States free to decide when schools will open again

AMLO: States free to decide when schools will open again

In a morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said each state will decide when students and teachers will be returning to classrooms. The President urged each state to do as they see fit, but reminded governors and state education authorities to act responsibly.  Most teachers have yet to be inoculated against COVID-19, however,…

Teachers doing the best they can with what they have

Teachers doing the best they can with what they have

An estimated 40% of teachers in Yucatán do not have adequate internet connectivity in their homes, say state education authorities. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last March, teachers and students have relied on online education platforms and messaging applications. “We have built an online learning platform to aid teachers and students, however many…

As vaccines offer new hope, is it time for schools to re-open in Yucatán?
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As vaccines offer new hope, is it time for schools to re-open in Yucatán?

Mexico’s largest employers’ association, COPARMEX, is arguing that the time has come for students to return to the classroom. COPARMEX argues that school closures are having severe economic effects on several industries, not just the education sector. COVID-19 vaccination efforts have already begun in Yucatán, but the rollout is proceeding at a slower pace than…

Teachers overcome obstacles to help students in need

Teachers overcome obstacles to help students in need

Teachers in Yucatan have launched a rural mobile school project to bring education to needy students. The program is run by a pair of teachers, Yahaira Elena Ek Sosa and Karla Maribel Ek Sosa, who belong to a national program called “Somos el cambio,” or, “We Are the Change.” Currently, the “escuelita móvil” initiative is…

Private schools in Yucatán buckle under pressure from COVID-19

Private schools in Yucatán buckle under pressure from COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have forced at least 40 private schools in Yucatán to permanently shut down. Mexico’s association of private schools has expressed grave concern over the situation and has warned about an educational gap that will result from the closures.  Private schools in Mexico are plentiful and attended by students…

Why Yucatan has become a magnet for education

A trip to Yucatan isn’t just for adventure tourists and business travelers. Around 13 percent of students pursuing higher education here have come from outside the state. That’s over 10,000 students from other states or from abroad who ventured to Yucatan for an advanced degree, said the Secretary of Research, Innovation and Higher Education of…

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