Mexico Government Recognizes Over 5,000 Teachers for Innovative Educational Practices, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): The Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) presented 5,655 recognitions to teachers, supervisors, principals and directors of basic and upper secondary education, in compliance with instructions from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to revalue and re-dignify the national teaching profession. According to Education Secretary Mario Delgado Carrillo, the honorees stood out for applying original pedagogical strategies and turning their schools into spaces for problem-solving, innovation and transformation.
Delgado Carrillo said that “the teaching profession is the engine of educational transformation,” adding that its efforts allow millions of students to access education with equity, inclusion and quality. Deputy Secretary of Basic Education Angélica Noemí Juárez Pérez presented the first 249 recognitions on behalf of the secretary, stating that the award aims to value, make visible and encourage the work teachers carry out daily in their school communities.
Juárez Pérez said the process allows teachers to document and share their experiences and the pedagogical practices they develop to promote learning among children, adolescents and young people. The ceremony took place at the historic headquarters of the SEP, in the Patio del Trabajo, during the Second National Meeting of Recognition of Educational Practice 2026 for Basic and Upper Secondary Education, attended by teachers from all 32 states of the country.
Mario Llergo Latournerie, head of the Unit of the System for the Teaching Career (USICAMM), said that by instruction of the education secretary, this year personnel with directive and supervisory functions were included for the first time in the Educational Practices award, since these roles also contribute to student development. Recipients will receive a medal and a certificate for their practices, which promoted and advanced the New Mexican School (NEM) and strengthened ties between classroom, school and community.
Alfonso Cepeda Salas, general secretary of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), thanked the government and the education secretary for their willingness to rehabilitate the standing of basic and upper secondary teachers in various areas. He described the honorees as rebuilders of the social fabric and defenders of national sovereignty, calling the recognition an act of gratitude and justice.
Among the award recipients, Martha Gabriela López Camacho, a teacher from Sinaloa, said education is the most powerful force for building better people and a better nation. Supervisor Verónica Leticia Pérez Ramírez, from the State of Mexico, thanked the government for the recognition and said educational practice allows teachers, who look after each student and support their dreams, to be valued anew.
