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SEP Sets 2026 ‘La Escuela es Nuestra’ Budget at 26 Billion Pesos, Targeting Over 143,000 Schools

Expansion will prioritize high-need schools in indigenous communities alongside special-education centers.

Overview

  • The allocation represents a 1 billion peso increase over the 2025 funding level, according to Education Secretary Mario Delgado.
  • SEP projects serving roughly 75,000 additional basic-education campuses in 2026 to reach about 65% nationwide coverage.
  • In 2025 the program invested 25 billion pesos to rehabilitate 74,250 campuses, benefiting an estimated 8.1 million students.
  • Under the sexennial plan, special-education centers and schools in Indigenous Justice Plan zones receive annual support, while initial, preschool and primary schools are attended twice and secondary schools three times during the term.
  • Operational deliveries continue this month with 238 million pesos for 776 schools in Puebla and Veracruz, program officials said.