The Government of Mexico announced the nationwide implementation of a new educational program called “School misses you,” with the purpose of combating school dropouts. This was confirmed by Mario Delgado, head of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), who explained that this strategy seeks to ensure that the institutions be more active in monitoring students who leave their studies. The news has generated debate among teachers, who have shared their disagreement on social networks.
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What does “School misses you” consist of?
The main objective of the project is to reduce school dropouts at the high school level and reintegrate young people who interrupt their training every year. According to Delgado, the initiative aims to replace institutional indifference through the direct participation of teachers and administrators, who must contact absent students and offer them alternatives to return to the classrooms.
The official explained that January is one of the months with the highest number of dropouts, since several students They don’t come back after the December holidays. Despite having their personal data, schools often ignored absences.
“For decades, no one seemed to care if a young person dropped out of school. Now we want to change that. We have their phone number, their address, their name and we know where their parents live. So why not go after them?” Delgado expressed.
The program was put to the test this year through a pilot plan that, According to the authorities, he obtained positive results.
National application from 2026
Starting January 2026, “The school misses you” will become a national educational policy, so all institutions must communicate with students who do not return at the beginning of the semester. The goal is know the causes of their abandonment, provide support and achieve their reintegration.
In parallel, The federal government is working to expand educational infrastructure, with the opening of new high schools and the modernization of existing facilities. Currently, three high schools have been inaugurated (one completely new and two remodeled), although it is recognized that more than 2 thousand young people who finish high school still do not have a place in high school.
“For three decades we knew that we were going to have the largest number of young people in the history of the country, but the construction of schools stopped. Today we are reversing that abandonment,” added the Secretary of Education.
Teachers’ reactions
On social networks, several teachers expressed their disagreement with the program, considering that It will increase your workload and your physical and emotional exhaustion. They pointed out that many schools do not have a social work department, so they will be the ones who must locate and visit absent students, exposing themselves to risks of insecurity or lack of cooperation on the part of families.
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In addition, they highlighted the lack of resources (such as transportation or financial support) to carry out this new responsibility.
“The project may have good intentions, but without the necessary resources, it only puts more work on the teachers,” was one of the recurring complaints in the teachers’ posts.
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