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To my beautiful and handsome classmates

And to our intelligent professor Welcome to the beautiful

Biggest bull-ring in the world

Country Overview

Location:

The Republic of Mexico is located at North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. It covers 1.9 million square kilometers making it the 14th largest country in the world.

Population:

It is the 11th most populous country.

Economy:

Mexico is firmly established as an upper middle-income country. Mexico is a developing country. Mexicos economy is a mixed free market.

Language:
They dont have an official constitutional language, but Spanish is widely-spoken. English is also the business language.

The main religion in the country is Roman Catholic.

The Mexican teaching system can be described as more of a teacher-centered. In general there are more lectures and there is more note-taking. There is more emphasis on repetition and learning. Schoo l Facilities

De La Salle Bajio Dental School.


At some universities, benches have plugs for the laptops so that students can use their laptop anywhere on campus.

Mexico High School

A n O v e r v I e w

No.

of Teachers: 1,284,187 No. of Pupils: 31,367,900 No. of Schools: 201,326

The education system of Mexico is organized as follows: Pre-school Education (Educacin Preescolar) Primary Education (Educacin Primaria) Lower-Secondary (Educacin Secundaria) Upper-Secondary Education (Educacin Media Superior) Higher Education (Educacin Superior)

Specialization (1year)

Masters Degree (2years)

Doctors Degree (3 years)

University Technologies ( 2yrs)

Bachelors Degree (4 years)

Techinical Institutes (4-5 years)

Preparatoria

Tertiary Education

Vocational Education

Lower Secondary
Primary School

Training for work

Pre-school

Tertiary Education

academic programs leading to higher education.

Preparatoria

programs that combine an academic curriculum with vocational training. programs that are vocational in nature and do not lead to higher education.

Terminal Education

General Structure of Bachelor's Degree Programs There are different types of Graduate courses. The four-year graduate courses offered at colleges and universities are known by the name 'licenciatura'. Apart from this, there are various three-five year courses for engineering and management studies offered by technical institutes. There are technological universities as well, that offer 2-year courses designed to train students to become 'Higher University Technicians'.

MEXICO
SECRETARIATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION EDUCATION BUDGET 5.9% OF GDP Basic Education: Pre-school; Primary; Lower Secondary School (Free) Lower Secondary 3 yrs. Upper Secondary 3 yrs.

PHILIPPINES
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EDUCATION BUDGET NEARLY 3% OF GDP. Pre-School; Primary and Junior and Senior High School (Free) Junior High 4 yrs. Senior High 2 yrs. Begins: June Ends: March Vacation: Apr & Dec 5x a week;6 hrs a day Minimum of 200days/yr Teaching Load: 6 hrs/day

Academic Calendar: Begins: September Ends: June 30th Vacations: July, Dec & Apr 5x a week; 5hrs per day Minimum of 200 days/yr Teaching Load: 4hrs/day (primary) 5 hours(academic) plus 1 hr

Despite high levels of spending relative to GDP as well as available public resources, Mexico has seen limited progress when it comes to the quality of students learning and the number of enrollments, especially in the tertiary level. Pre-school 4-5/10 (before) 10/10 (mandatory) Primary school 10/10 Secondary school 6/10 University just 2-3/10

- 53RD OUT Of 110 countries.

Mexico successfully promotes basic education, but does not produce enough skilled workers.

Mexico placed 34th out of 65 countries participated.

Mexico placed 37th out of 41 countries participated.

Mexico has high student-teaching ratios

Currently, Mexico is having 26-30 students / teacher. OECD average is 14 students/teacher

students Lower Secondary: 5-6 hrs / day OECD average is 4 hrs and 40 mins / day

long instructional time for lower secondary

and a high teaching load for teachers.

Lower Secondary : 5 hrs 15 mins / day OECD average is 4 hrs / day

Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM)


Ranks 169th in the TOP 200 WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING. Consistently part of the TOP200 since 2005. Largest University in Latin America. One of the worlds largest universities. the only university in Mexico with three Nobel Laureates.

Monterreys Technological and Higher Education Institute

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