Controversy Arises Over Propaganda in Textbooks Distributed by Ministry of Public Education

The material allegedly has propaganda in favor of the state governor (X/ @NoticierosGREM)

The delivery of free textbooks created by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) continues to cause something to talk about, especially because in the state of Coahuila the authorities continue to oppose distributing the material among basic education students; However, it has currently been reported that the material that the administration chose to provide contains propaganda in favor of the outgoing governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís.

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Given the refusal to deliver the textbooks, the state government chose to give workbooks to primary and secondary school students, which it has been said have propaganda in favor of the governor of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) bench. situation that has been revealed is against the law.

An image that was spread on social networks, which was distributed by the Animal Político portal, shows that on one of the sheets of the workbooks there is a letter addressed to the students, which has the date of September at the top. right, while in the background, right in the center, the name of the current governor and who is about to hand over the baton to Manolo Jiménez is shown.

“Dear student, I invite you to make the most of the content of this material, to dedicate yourself carefully to your study and make education a more valuable asset so that you can achieve all your goals and contribute to the greatness of Coahuila,” read in the material.

The material includes a letter from the outgoing governor (Eréndira Aquino)

Currently, the laws state that it is strictly prohibited to make government propaganda, while including messages, images, names or symbols that refer to public servants, so the governor’s letter would be grounds for being considered a crime. It should be said that the state president has not commented on this event.

While the letter from Governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme was revealed within the workbooks that were distributed among basic education students, the general secretary of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), Alfonso Cepeda Salas, launched a call to the governments of Aguascalientes and Coahuila to deliver the free textbooks made by the SEP.

“The new LTG can be perfected, they represent an irreplaceable tool for students and teachers,” he said.

The general secretary of the SNTE called to deliver free textbooks (X/ @LaCronicaDeHoy)

During an event held this Saturday, October 21 in the municipality of Tlalnepantla, the aforementioned stressed that no one better than the teachers of each federal entity know perfectly what the students need, which is why he reiterated the invitation to adapt the content of the books to the needs of the community, which is why he reiterated the need to use such material.

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In that sense, the governor of the State of Mexico and who in the past served as Secretary of Public Education, Delfina Gómez Álvarez, supported this request, highlighting that it is a student’s right.

2023-10-22 03:00:35
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