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Mexico’s Education Ministry Marks Ayotzinapa Teachers College Centennial With Student Talks Reopened After 62 Years

The federal ceremony tied Ayotzinapa’s rural pedagogy to the Nueva Escuela Mexicana, setting a renewed agenda with student organizers focused on infrastructure and food services.

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.