OLPC Mexico
| 2007 status: red | ||||
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| Estado actual: rojo | ||||
UPDATE: We are trying to concentrate efforts geared towards the deployment of the OLPC in Spanish speaking countries in the Americas in a single page: OLPC Spanish America.
ATENCIÓN: Estamos tratando de concentrar los esfuerzos destinados al desarrollo de la OLPC en los países de habla Castellana en las Américas en una página central: OLPC Spanish America.
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| Educational oversight Minister of Public Education
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[Secretaria of Public Education] [Josefina Vázquez Mota] |
| [Funding|National education budget] | [Mexican peso|MXN]$501.214 billion ([2004]) |
| [Language|Primary language(s) of education] | [Spanish language|Spanish]. Available also in [Nahuatl language|Náhuatl] and other minority languages. |
| Nationalized system Establishment |
[September 25], [1921] |
| [Literacy] (2000) • Men • Women |
90.5 % 92.5 % 88.6 % |
| Enrollment • [Primary education|Primary] • [Secondary education|Secondary] • [Post-secondary education|Post-secondary] |
26.6 million 18.5 million 5.8 million 2.3 million |
| Attainment • [Secondary education|Secondary diploma] • [Post-secondary education|Post-secondary diploma] |
N/A N/A |
| Sources: Sistema Educativo de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Principales cifras, ciclo escolar 2003-2004 [pdf] and the 2000 Census ([National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing|INEGI]) | |
MÉXICO: An important bond between the equipment of OLPC Colombia and the interested ones in Mexico has been created.
MÉXICO: Se ha establecido un vínculo importante entre el equipo de OLPC Colombia y los interesados de echar a andar este proyecto en México.
News
OLPC Spanish America/Latest News
Other Proyects
- Ukini Open Knowledge Initiative to leverage the digital divide in Mexican Education System
Telesecundarias
Telesecundaria is a Televsion based system of distance education programs for secondary and high school students created by the government of Mexico in 1968 and available in rural areas of the country as well as Central America, South America, Canada and the United States via satellite (Solidaridad 1 and Satmex 5).
The project broadcasts more than 4,000 programs on a dedicated tv network available from satellite dish and a television. Currently more than 16,000 rural locations serve nearly one million students.
Documentation
- Emulacion con Qemu
- Education in Mexico
- Enciclomedia News Centre A blog dedicated to compile news on the Mexico's Enciclomedia