Basic level teachers will know the 2023-2024 study plan on the go

Laura Poy Solano

Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday February 2, 2023, p. 13

Secondary school teachers and principals pointed out that although the new curriculum for basic education, prepared by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), contains an interesting pedagogical proposal, it seeks to apply it hastily in the classroom, without a true process of appropriation and without working in depth on the contents, which are not yet known.

They highlighted that in the third session of the Technical School Council (CTE), the federal agency proposed to the teachers of technical and general secondary schools, to promote the so-called curricular integration, which It implies carrying out a process of survey and consultation with parents, students and the community to determine what topics may be of interest to them, and if we consider that there are 12 subjects, with groups of up to 50 students and with two shifts to cover, the task seems almost impossible..

Despite the fact that next August, when the 2023-2024 school year begins, the new curriculum is expected to be applied, at least in the first grades of each educational level, secondary school included, We are not clear about what learning each educational field will have and how we can link it to the needs of the schools and the interest of the students.

Sabino González, high school teacher and leader of the dissident teachers of section 10 of Mexico City, highlighted that in the CTE, convened last Friday, They asked us to work on the seven articulating axes of the new plan, but time is insufficient to understand and analyze everything that is sought to be changed.

He assured that there is still a fear among teachers and principals that everything ends up in a simulation, as has happened with other educational reforms. Despite the speech of the SEP that it is an inclusive process and collaborative work with teachers, in fact they ran out of time to start a true educational transformation.

Sebastian García, daytime high school teacher, stressed that It will be difficult for each school to ask parents and students which projects could be more relevant, especially if we consider subjects such as physics, chemistry or English..