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Education, children and family: what each party thinks

By Fadrique Garcia Font ·

Teacher evaluations for getting a post, full-day schools and parental consent for under-16s to open social media accounts.

3 questions, 24 party positions and no complete disagreements (how they are assigned).

Further reading on this topic: «Mexico’s parties and education: teachers, schools, social media».

What divides the parties on this issue

Before drawing conclusions from this theme, it helps to see how much is actually known: of its 24 positions, 13 are estimated, the highest share among the test's twelve themes. Parties say a great deal about education in general and little about these three specific decisions. The PVEM has no documented position here, nor does PAZ, still awaiting its first platform, and Morena has only one.

Going by what is on paper, teacher evaluation replays a fight more than a decade old. The 2013 reform made a teaching post depend on passing exams; the 2019 one stopped requiring them to keep it. The PAN is the firmest about bringing that back: its program deems evaluation essential for entering, staying in and advancing through the profession. The PRI, Movimiento Ciudadano and SOMOS agree with less emphasis, speaking of merit, of measuring performance or of tying incentives to results, without making the post hinge on it. On the other side is the PT, whose platform welcomes the repeal of the 2013 reform. Morena's disagreement is estimated from its defense of teachers' professional autonomy, and the PVEM's intermediate position reflects its record: it voted for the 2013 reform alongside the PRI and for the 2019 one alongside Morena.

Full-day schools, shut down in 2022, have three sourced supporters: the PRI and SOMOS, in strong agreement, and the PAN, which in 2023 signed a joint platform with the PRI proposing a national network of such schools. All the others are estimated. Morena appears in disagreement because the program ended under one of its governments and its 2024 platform pledges a different one, "La Escuela es Nuestra", without mentioning this one; no text of its rejects them outright.

The age for opening social media accounts is the most open question. Only the PAN has a concrete proposal, a bill by one of its deputies requiring certified parental control for under-16s. In the middle is Morena: its floor leader announced a 2026 initiative to limit platform use during school hours, not to require parents' permission. SOMOS, also in the middle, wants to protect minors through digital literacy and rejects bans. No party with a source opposes the idea, but none strongly supports it either.

Written from the documented positions of the eight parties on the questions in this issue; where part of it rests on estimated positions, that is stated. It does not include the answers of people taking the test.

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their electoral platforms, founding documents, votes in the Chamber of Deputies and public statements. The numbers refer to the questions below, each with its details and sources.

PAN

Agrees: 1, 2, 3

PRI

Agrees: 1, 2

In between: 3

PVEM

Agrees: 3

In between: 1, 2

PT

Disagrees: 1

In between: 2, 3

MC

Agrees: 1, 2

In between: 3

Morena

Disagrees: 1, 2

In between: 3

PAZ

Agrees: 1, 2, 3

SOMOS

Agrees: 1, 2

In between: 3

1. Teachers should have to pass an evaluation to obtain and keep their posts.

The 2013 education reform required teachers to pass evaluations to join the service and to keep their posts. The 2019 reform removed the evaluation for keeping a post and kept selection processes for hiring and promotion.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favor, 1 in between and 2 against.

2. Full-day schools in basic education should be brought back.

The federal Full-Time Schools program extended the school day in public primary and lower-secondary schools and, in many of them, provided meals. It ran from 2007 until it was closed in 2022.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favor, 2 in between and 1 against.

3. Under-16s should not be able to open social media accounts without verified permission from a parent or guardian.

Social networks set a minimum age in their own rules but rarely check it. In 2026 several bills were introduced in the Chamber to limit minors' access to digital platforms.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favor, 5 in between and 0 against.

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