The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumdoes not close a battle front when it has already opened another, after the Secretary of Education, Mario Delgado, contradicted it by saying that the closure of classes has not yet been defined and reaffirming that everything is defined so that the holidays begin on June 5.
The head of the Government of Mexico, when consulted in her usual morning conference on this issue of closing classes early due to the 2026 World Cupresponded that the decision is being analyzed and that nothing is defined yet.
Claudia Sheinbaum pointed out that the advance of school holidays is not yet official.
He noted that the early closure of the 2025-2026 school year is a proposal and that the complete calendar has not yet been approved.
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But the head of Education, after learning of his boss’s position, responded at an event held in Hermosillo, Sonora, that the decision has already been made. and that officially the students’ vacations will begin next June 5.
Mario Delgado announced last Wednesday with great fanfare that, after reaching an agreement with all the technical councils in the country, It was determined that primary and secondary education students will finish their classes on June 5 due to the intense heat that has been felt in different areas of the country and also so that they can enjoy the 2026 World Cup, which will begin six days later.
But the head of the Mexican executive said this morning in her usual morning conference that the early closure of classes and The start of the holidays is only a proposal after being consulted about the readjustment of the school calendar which was announced by the head of Education, Mario Delgado, highlighting that it is not yet official what the last part of the 2025-2026 school calendar will look like.
According to Mario Delgado’s plans, the children will have approximately three months of classes, which represents a hard blow to the planning of parents who have their children enrolled in paid schools. but above all the mismatch in the activity calendar of each family.
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It was a proposal from teachers and Education Secretaries, and there is still no defined calendar, says President Sheinbaum. pic.twitter.com/Tuef9fv7ED
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The modification to the school calendar was an initiative generated by the heads of government of the entities that will host the World Cup, such as Clara Brugada from CDMX, Pablo Lemus from Jalisco and Samuel García from Nuevo Leónbut above all from the predominant official of the capital city, who does not want her government to be exposed in the failures of the works it carried out for the celebration of the World Cup tournament and which turned out to be obsolete.
Brugada fears that the uselessness of the bike lane on one of the main arteries of the Mexican capital, such as Calzada de Tlalpan, will be exposed, where this special circuit for cyclists only aggravated road congestion in both directions. but above all it generates chaos on match days at the Banorte Stadium (Azteca) and does not want foreign tourism to realize this blunder during the World Cup..
While Dr. Sheinbaum put on the table another reason to take the change in the closing of the school year with a grain of salt and It is the educational lag that our country has since the Covid-19 pandemic and now, with the World Cup taking place, it represents a very great weight on the student body.
In this regard, the head of the Mexican executive said that: “It is a proposal that Mario (Delgado) made yesterday that comes from the states of the Republic themselves.. The Secretaries of Education of the different entities met and also at the request of teachers, to have the holidays brought forward, mainly for the World Cup. So this proposal was taken, but there is no defined schedule yet.”
Mario Delgado contradicts his boss
However, upon arrival at an educational event in Hermosillo, Sonora, the Secretary of Education assured that the decision has already been made and that the basic education students will leave the classrooms at the beginning of June.
According to a video that circulates on social networks and has been published by several media outlets, the federal official confirmed that the last day of classes for students will be June 5, 2026. Originally, the official calendar stipulated the closure of activities for July 15, which represents a cut of almost six weeks.
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