Mexico cancels plan to cut school year for World Cup after backlash

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Mexico has reversed its decision to shorten the school year before the World Cup following significant backlash. Initially, Education Secretary Mario Delgado announced the school year would end approximately 40 days early, on June 5, citing both the upcoming tournament and a heatwave. However, parents, think tanks, and local authorities strongly criticized the proposal, arguing it would negatively impact students' learning time. President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed skepticism and convened a meeting with education officials and parents. As a result, it was agreed to maintain the original school calendar, with the year ending on July 15 and classes resuming on August 31, ensuring a six-week vacation period.

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The World Cup tournament kicks off on June 11 when Mexico take on South Africa.

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Education Secretary Mario Delgado had announced the school year would end on June 5, citing heatwave.

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The school calendar will end July 15, with classes resuming August 31, keeping vacation at six weeks.

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Mexico has cancelled plans to shorten its school year before the World Cup after widespread backlash.

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The proposed shortening would reduce effective learning time for 23.4 million students.

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Officials agree to keep the school calendar as originally planned, ending on July 15 and resuming on August 31.Mexico has cancelled plans to shorten its school year before the World Cup after widespread backlash from parents, think tanks and local authorities, the government said.Following an outpouring of criticism at an announcement by Education Secretary Mario Delgado that the school year would end about 40 days early, education and other government officials met on Monday to gather input from parents and consider options at a meeting announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum, who expressed scepticism of the proposed shortening.At the meeting, it was agreed to keep the school calendar as originally planned and have it end July 15, with classes resuming August 31, the Education Department said.“The idea is to keep the vacation period to six weeks, as it has always been, and perhaps some students will start early, while others will continue with the previous schedule,” Sheinbaum said earlier.“The goal is for it to be a consensus decision,” she said. “Now we need to listen.”Delgado, on Friday, unexpectedly announced the end of the school year on June 5, arguing the decision was also based on a heatwave.Two states rejected the plan before it was ultimately cancelled.Parents also questioned the measure, which, according to the think tank Mexico-evalua" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="125643" data-entity-type="organization">Mexico Evalua, would cause students to fall behind in their studies.“The decision … will reduce effective learning time even more for 23.4 million students,” Mexico-evalua" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="125643" data-entity-type="organization">Mexico Evalua wrote in a report.The World Cup tournament, hosted jointly by Mexico, the United States and Canada, kicks off on June 11 when Mexico take on South Africa at home in Mexico-city" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="1779" data-entity-type="location">Mexico City.

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