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Mexico Eyeing Education Reform
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December 08, 2010
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The Legislative Studies Committee of the Chamber of Deputies this week approved the reform that would modify Articles 3 and 31 of the Constitution, and make high school obligatory in order to guarantee quality education for a larger number of students.
The president of the Legislative Studies Committee, Juventino Castro y Castro, expressed his satisfaction regarding the approval of the reform and the effort of lawmakers, as they worked within a legal framework that would allow youth to receive free education, access quality service and prevent them from joining organized crime.
Castro noted that Mexico’s current situation demands better education, where curricula would be uniform nationwide. That is why “this reform represents a big achievement for Mexicans.”
Castro said he was confident that federal lawmakers of all political parties would join these efforts and cast votes in favor of the reform when it is presented in the federal Congress.
Humberto Benítez Treviño, the president of the Justice Committee, said that if high-school education becomes mandatory, young people would be less likely to join criminal organizations.
Furthermore, Benítez said that the State should offer programs with a higher academic levels and establish cultural and sports centers.
Jaime Cárdenas, a Labor Party deputy, said that if high-school education becomes mandatory, the education sector would be allotted approximately 10 billion pesos next year. If these reforms come into effect in 2011, the amount of resources would gradually increase until 2020, meaning that by that year, the nation would invest more than 60 billion pesos in high-school education.
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