Overview
- The national platform closed registration with 307,241 applicants, a tally officials detailed Monday, with 40% choosing direct-access schools, 37% selecting mixed options, and 15% opting only for exam-based institutions.
- Assignment results will post on August 18 on the program’s results site, with an extraordinary window for late applicants from August 19 to 26.
- UNAM and IPN keep their own entrance exams under internal rules, and about 99,000 candidates are expected to sit UNAM’s online test for roughly 35,000 available seats.
- The Education Ministry outlined an expansion push this year with about 500 infrastructure projects and the construction of 26 technological high schools to absorb demand and ease bottlenecks.
- Authorities say the shift aims to guarantee a seat, place students closer to home, and cut early dropout, citing last year’s pilot in which 97.4% of applicants landed one of their top three choices.