The Development of Guidelines and Regulations on Quality in Mexico’s Educational Facilities
The paper describes past, present and future directions in education infrastructure policy in Mexico in the context of the development of guidelines and regulations on quality in Mexico’s educational facilities. Between 1944 and 1992, 150 000 school buildings were constructed under the responsibility of the Federation, which comprises 80% of today’s educational infrastructure in Mexico. Today, due to the decentralisation agreement initiated in 1992, the education sector policy regarding school buildings is changing, with issues such as maintenance, refurbishing and new projects coming to the fore. The development of new sets of regulating guiding principles on several issues will eventually allow the Secretariat of Public Education help determine policy in the short, medium and long terms. Reaching an understanding of and a strategic approach to the quality and needs of existing infrastructure as it relates to the current educational environment will raise awareness of the needs of future educational settings.
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