José Manuel Franco, director of recruitment and selection, spoke in this space about the pandemic and its significant impact on education in Mexico.
José Manuel Franco González, director of recruitment and selection of the organization Enseña por México, participated in the Generation of Value program of the Faculty of Social Responsibility on Radio Anáhuac.
In said radio space, it was recalled that before the pandemic, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the literacy rate in the country in 2018 was 95.3%, which indicates that the vast majority of the population he knew how to read and write. In addition, school enrollment in basic education (preschool, primary and secondary) in the 2019 – 2020 school year was approximately 26.4 million students.
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However, the pandemic has had a significant impact on education in Mexico. According to data from the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education (INEE), in the 2020 – 2021 school year, 99.3% of schools in Mexico had to close due to this fact, which affected more than 30 million students and many of them had to continue their education remotely, using online tools or through television and radio.
Franco González considered that the transition to distance education was not easy, since many students and teachers did not have access to devices or adequate connectivity. According to data from the 2020 National Survey on Availability and Use of Information Technologies in Homes (ENDUTIH), only 48.5% of households in Mexico had internet access.
“The pandemic has exacerbated educational inequalities in the country. Students from more disadvantaged communities have had less access to resources and technology for distance learning, which has increased the educational gap between the richest and poorest students, ”she explained.
Finally, it was concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on education in Mexico, especially in terms of the transition to distance education, and that educational inequalities have been exacerbated. Although more data and studies are still needed to fully assess its long-term impact on education in the country. Furthermore, teaching and social responsibility are intrinsically linked and educators have a key role to play in promoting a more just, equitable and sustainable society.
Value Generation is broadcast every Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Radio Anahuac and is led by Dr. Lorena Miranda Navarro, coordinator of the Latin American Center for Social Responsibility (CLARES) of Anahuac, and teacher Carlos Ramos Cárdenas Artigas, director of our Faculty of Social Responsibility.
