Front in Defense of Public Education Mobilizes for Free Textbooks and the Right to Education

Front in Defense of Public Education Mobilizes for Free Textbooks and the Right to Education

The Front in Defense of Public Education calls for this Friday a mobilization in defense of Free Textbooks, after they consider that they are violating the right to education of children and adolescents. This Friday, September 8 at 10:00 a.m., they will gather at the Pancho Villa roundabout, to later march to the Government Palace … Read more

Parents Reject Free Textbooks in Basic Education Schools, Citing Setback in Learning

Parents Reject Free Textbooks in Basic Education Schools, Citing Setback in Learning

In a large majority of basic education schools, mothers and fathers are rejecting the delivery of free textbooks to students, considering that they represent a setback in learning, says Alfredo Villar Jiménez, president of the National Association of Private Schools (ANEP), which brings together six thousand schools in the country. “The parents of each campus … Read more

The Church’s Undue Criticism of Textbook Content: A Call for Education and Secularism

The Church’s Undue Criticism of Textbook Content: A Call for Education and Secularism

Rafael Vázquez Chávez, a historian from Cuautla, accused that the Church unduly criticizes the content of the basic level textbooks, when the topics covered are adequate for the academic development of the students. The historian lamented that religious groups issue unfortunate opinions on issues such as sex education. “The controversy has come from religious associations, … Read more

Investigating Sustainable and Affordable Textbook Systems in the Netherlands

Investigating Sustainable and Affordable Textbook Systems in the Netherlands

ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 03:56 Every year, a mountain of textbooks ends up in the trash, to the chagrin of many parents and teachers. Outgoing Minister of Education Dijkgraaf therefore wants to investigate whether the system of textbooks in the Netherlands can be made more sustainable and cheaper. He writes this to the House of Representatives, … Read more

Governor Maru Campos Urges Citizen Donations of Textbooks for Chihuahuan Children

Governor Maru Campos Urges Citizen Donations of Textbooks for Chihuahuan Children

Governor Maru Campos called on citizens to share with girls and boys chihuahuenses, textbooks for preschool, primary and secondary levels, which have been used in previous school cycles. The state president stressed that “Chihuahuas are not going to allow the center (of the country) to prevent children from learning well and having a quality education … Read more

Supreme Court to Review Strategy of Ministry of Public Education for Free Textbooks

Supreme Court to Review Strategy of Ministry of Public Education for Free Textbooks

MEXICO CITY (apro).- The appeal to review the strategy of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) to prepare free textbooks for the next school year reached the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN). The Court received a petition requesting it to exercise its power of appeal to review the definitive suspension granted by … Read more

Review of Free Textbooks by the Secretary of Public Education: Are They Appropriate for Students’ Ages?

Review of Free Textbooks by the Secretary of Public Education: Are They Appropriate for Students’ Ages?

Córdoba, Ver.- The federal deputy of Morena, Martha Rosa Morales affirmed that the free textbooks are being reviewed by the Secretary of Public Education (SEP) so that they are consistent and appropriate to the ages of the students, it is expected in brief that you already have an answer of the result. It should be … Read more

UNPF demands quality modifications in primary school books printing suspension ruling.

UNPF demands quality modifications in primary school books printing suspension ruling.

The National Union of Parents of Family (UNPF) indicated that before the definitive suspension dictated by the Judiciary, which obliges the educational authorities to immediately cease the printing and distribution of the new primary school books, on pain of incurring the offense of contempt, quality books must be on time in schools with the necessary … Read more

Free Textbooks Expected to Arrive Despite Lawsuit Filed by National Union of Parents

Free Textbooks Expected to Arrive Despite Lawsuit Filed by National Union of Parents

The Secretary of Education (SEDEQ) in the state, Martha Elena Soto, trusts that the Free textbooks arrive next school yeardespite the injunctions issued against the printing of these by the National Union of Parents (UNPF). And it is that, said organization filed a lawsuit of amparo against the printing of the free books for the … Read more