Education: An Uphill Battle

MEXICO - Report 08 Apr 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca
Executive Summary The ratification early last year of a constitutional reform on education was the Pact for Mexico’s first major success, but implementing it is proving to be a daunting task. With the support of all three major political parties, the reform cleared the way for the State to reclaim its stewardship of education and reduce the aspects of the system that have long been controlled by the National Teachers’ Union (SNTE) and in some states, its dissident wing, the CNTE. A major step in that regard was the March 2013 arrest of longtime teachers’ union boss Elba Esther Gordillo on c...

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