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Sheinbaum sends 10 million students back to school with a scholarship: Monday’s mañanera recapped

On Monday, Education Minister Mario Delgado announced that this year, all public primary school students received the Rita Cetina scholarship: a one-off payment of 2,500 pesos (US $147) to put every student "on equal footing in the classroom," per Sheinbaum. The post Sheinbaum sends 10 million students back to school with a scholarship: Monday’s mañanera recapped appeared first on Mexico News…

Sheinbaum sends 10 million students back to school with a scholarship: Monday’s mañanera recapped

On Monday, President Sheinbaum held her mañanera at a secondary school in Mexico City, marking the beginning of the 2026-27 school year for 28 million students and over 1.6 million teachers. She announced that all public primary school students will receive the Rita Cetina scholarship, a one-time payment of 2,500 pesos (US $147), making it the first school year with universal coverage for public school students. The president emphasized that no student will leave school due to economic reasons.

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