Mexico School Part 1

I realized today that I didn't know very much about the Mexico education system in general, so I did some research and I found a really good site.
It stresses that most educators keep in the front of their mind, the background of their students and where they have come from. This is especially important in San Diego, and specifically at Bell because so many students were born out of the United States. Not only from Mexico, but from other places around the world as well.

Here are some things I found :)
1. The first education law was created in 1867 and it stated that education should be nonreligious, mandatory, and free.
2. Although Mexico has come a long way in creating a school for all children in Mexico, they still struggle with educational failure. Millions of students drop out after primary school, up to 9th grade.
3. Very rural communities struggle with this because the people are indigenous and speak Spanish as a second language. Most of the children only do the required amount of schooling time so that they can help support their families. Unfortunately, this contributes to lowering Mexicos' literacy rate.

The organizational structure is as follows:

Primary school

- Pre-escolar: Federally Funded programs for children ages 4-5.
- Primaria: Schools with grades 1-6 and at aleast one teacher per grade.
- Multigrados: One-room schools with one teacher for grades 1-6 or multigrade schools with several teachers, each teaching more that one grade.

Preschool and Primary

- Pre-escolar: Federally Funded programs for children ages 4-5.
- Primaria: Schools with grades 1-6 and at aleast one teacher per grade.
- Multigrados: One-room schools with one teacher for grades 1-6 or multigrade schools with several teachers, each teaching more that one grade.

High School (Grades 10-12)

- Preparatorias and Bachilleratos: Schools for college-bound youth, where students must choose one of 4 professional areas: physical-mathematics, chemical-biological, economic-administrative, or humanities.
- Tecnnologicas and Comercios: Schools for students who have a particular vocational career in mind.

There is a lot more that I will blog about tonight, but for now, class is over :)

http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-4/mexico.html