Arturo Sanchez Jimenez and Emir Olivares
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday September 3, 2022, p. eleven
Leticia Ramírez Amaya, Secretary of Public Education, affirmed yesterday that one of her priorities is for the entire school-age population to return to campus in person, since the covid-19 pandemic took us away from the classrooms
.
The official, who assumed the title of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) on Thursday, assured in the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that the pandemic rocked the entire system
teaching.
We have to make all girls, boys, adolescents and young people return to school, from initial education to higher education, not for a matter of statistics, but because there is nothing more important for them and us than being in the classrooms , that they learn, play, share and be happy
he asserted at the National Palace.
Held: Undoubtedly, disease prevention actions must continue on campuses, including covid-19
. He pointed out that there are studies that indicate that as a result of the pandemic there has been a loss of learning, not only in Mexico, but throughout the world.
On the subject, President López Obrador stated that If you don’t go to school, regardless of your academic level, where are children and adolescents educated? On the street. Who is the teacher? the boss of the gang
.
The school it is the second home, it is the one that allows human development, coexistence; where the practice of fraternity takes place, knowledge and problems are socialized
.
Ramírez Amaya presented his plans to the head of the SEP and stated that he will work for everyone, but, as a principle of the Fourth Transformation, it will be for those most in need: indigenous people, African-Americans, day laborers, migrants and those who face barriers to learning, people with disabilities
.
The start of the 2022-2023 school year, he said, has been wonderful, a party
with the children and teachers with joy of going back to school
.
