Education system in Mexico, under change

Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is changing the face of education in his country.

According to Al-Jazeera News, fe has in his sights a system of inheritance and seniority that has been the status quo for seven decades.

The reforms would move the control of the vast teachers union to the federal government away from the union led for 23 years by Elba Esther Gordillo.

Nieto’s stated goal is a system of professional merit for hiring and advancement in the profession.

There are 1.5 million members of the teachers union.

No exact figures are available of how many actual schools, teachers or students exist in Mexico.

Flickr Photo by: Gobierno de Aguascalientes

STORY WRITTEN BY: DANIEL J. ROWE