Mexico

MexicoThe Educational SystemRoxana Istrateanakkale, 2015Multicultural EducationAbout MexicoOfficially: The United Mexican States

Capital City: Mexico City

Area: 1,972,550km2

Main areas in Mexico

About MexicoPopulation: 118,395,054

National Language: Spanish

Immigrants in Mexico: United States or other Hispanophone countries (Guatemala, Spain, Colombia etc.)

Religion: Catholicism (80%)

Stereotypes

Educational system regulationsRegulated by the Secretariat of Public Education (Secretaria de Education Publica)Compulsory education: 9 yearsAcademic year: September-MayGDP on Education: 5.3%

Educational system in MexicoKinder gardenPrimary schoolMiddle schoolHigh schoolUniversityMasterPhD

Kinder garden(Educacin Preescolar/Educacin Bsica)Age 3-5 years old (3 years)It is not compulsoryThe main objective: to promote comprehensive development of emotional, social, physical, and cognitive skills in young children, while meeting expectations of their age and social environment.Primary school(Escuela Primaria/Educacin Bsica)Age 6-11 years old (6 years)it includes general education, indigenous or bicultural education, and community programs where students are introduced to the scientific and social disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, foreign language, arts, and technology The successful student receives a Certificado de Educacin Primaria / Certificate of Elementary Education.Middle school(Secundaria/ Educacin Media Bsica)Age 12-14 years old (3 years)It includes private vocational programs, often in business / technology at an academia / academy, usually bearing the designation of media (bsica) terminal / (basic) terminal lower-secondary study. Upon completion of the three-year escuela secundaria, students receive a comprehensive transcript that allows them to apply to upper-secondary education.

High school(Educacion Media Superior / Preparatoria)Age 15-17 years old (3 years)The programs are divided to general upper secondary education, technical professional education, and technological upper secondary education. Academic education, which may be studied at an escuela preparatoria / university-preparatory school, provides eligibility to seek undergraduate admissions.

University (Tcnico Superior / Licenciatura / Educacion Superior)Age 18-21 years old (4-6 years)Increasingly available are undergraduate carreras cortas profesionales / short professional fields of study, 2 to 3 years of study beyond the bachillerato level. Undergraduate education in Mexico is designed to lead to a ttulo / title as a professional in the target discipline or to a ttulo de licenciado (title of licentiate).- registered with the Secretara de Educacin Pblica which issues a registration card serving as licensing in Mexico.

Master(Maestria/ Especialidad/ Educacion Superior)Age >22 (2 years)The Ttulo de Especialista / Title of Specialist requires 1-2 years beyond a full undergraduate degree in most fields except medicine which requires 1-5 years. The specialization may be a stand-alone program or may fulfill part of a masters degree.PhD(Doctorado / Educacion Superior)The Doctorado / Doctorate (also called Grado Acadmico de Doctor / Academic Degree of Doctor or simply Grado de Doctor / Doctoral Degree) requires at least 2 years beyond a qualifying masters degree.Education in Mexico Challenges and opportunitieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHX3QmrCnM

Kids & schoolThere are aprox. 35 million of kids in schoolFrom 100 children who are registered in primary school, 8 of them drop the classes after a few daysOn average:1 Mexican student studies 8.5 yearsI USA student studies 13 yearsGraduation in numbers

Why do they drop school?Social differencesLack of trust of the students in teachersLack of motivation of teachersLack of interest in school from the government

Quote:Estamos tan maleducados que no entendemos lo maleducados que estamos

[We are so uneducated that we can not understand how uneducated we are]

Denise Dresser, political scientist and analystAbout teachersMexico ranks first in absenteeism67% of the directors report the absence of their teachersThey can buy the certificate for teaching 3.350 $No consequences for being a bad teacher

How teachers get their jobs:Politics & school2007 the authorities introduced and exam for teacher, but even if they fail it, they can still teachThe union decides everything: who passes, where they will teach, for how longThe politicians are interested in the teachers and schools when there are elections or they need them for a marchParents & schoolThey put all the blame on the teachers and the educational systemThey do not collaborate with the teachersThey are not being interested in their childrens grades and situationThey do not accept that they make mistakesComparison vs30 years ago, South Korea & Mexico were in the same place:But Korea decided to change:- More classes- More days in school- More years of study

MexicoSouth Korea28% of the students go to University100% of the students go to University562 hours of study/year1195 hours of study/year

Results

Foreigner students in Mexico

The number of short-term student visitors to Mexico is considerably higher: 4.167 U.S. studentsMain reasons for the low numbers:the escalation of cartel-related violence in Mexico, especially in towns close to the U.S. border(Monterrey) travel warnings from the U.S. State Department frequent- many U.S. institutions of higher education have suspended their study abroad programs in MexicoIn 2009 the outbreak of the N1H1 flu the recent global financial crisisHow to make things betterMexico needs 327 years to achieve an Excellency levelA good Secretariat of Public Education has to cut the connection between politics and schoolClasses should be more practical, competitiveTeacher should be well prepared and selected based on their knowledge

If you are aStudent: do not drop schoolTeacher: do not miss classes; be preparedDirector: work towards a common goalParent: keep in touch with the school and talk more with your children

If you areEducation authority: promote good teachers and spend the money wiselyUnion representative: dont think about school as political power and elections; the education is represented by children and youngsters

We are all responsible for educationLets take a look in the future:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcchrVNUmB8Sourceshttp://depanzazo.mx/index.aspxhttp://depanzazo.mx/numeralia.aspxhttp://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/981/Mexico-EDUCATIONAL-SYSTEM-OVERVIEW.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Mexicohttp://wenr.wes.org/2013/05/wenr-may-2013-an-overview-of-education-in-mexico/http://www.classbase.com/countries/Mexico/Education-Systemhttp://www.oecd.org/edu/Mexico-EAG2014-Country-Note.pdfYoutube documentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WDXNqH3JR8

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