Overview
- Education Secretary Mario Delgado led a March 1 commemoration at the SEP’s Salón Iberoamericano in Mexico City with Ayotzinapa students in attendance.
- He characterized the rural normals’ community-based teaching tradition as a living foundation of the Nueva Escuela Mexicana.
- Delgado voiced solidarity with the 43 students who disappeared in 2014 and restated the state’s pledge to pursue truth and justice.
- The ministry said it restored a working table with the Federación de Estudiantes Campesinos Socialistas de México after 62 years, reaching agreements to improve infrastructure, resources and dining halls to ensure adequate, healthy meals.
- La Jornada reported the event was held behind closed doors and noted a National Lottery commemorative ticket, with the April 10 Superior Draw No. 2879 offering a 17 million peso top prize.