Jalisco mandates music and tech classrooms in all public schools by 2027

Public schools successful the authorities of Jalisco volition go the archetypal successful Mexico to necessitate exertion and euphony education, according to an announcement connected Friday by Governor Pab lo Lemus.

As portion of a caller multi-year programme called “Jalisco con Estrella” (Star Jalisco), the authorities authorities seeks to execute 2 priorities: the broad rehabilitation and modernization of much than 7,000 nationalist schools, arsenic good arsenic making it mandatory for each levels to beryllium equipped with exertion and euphony classrooms.

Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus announced the Jalisco con Estrella programme astatine a Guadalajara secondary schoolhouse connected Friday. (@PabloLemusN/X)

“All … 7,200 preschools, superior and secondary schools, volition person a euphony classroom. Not lone volition they person computers, but they volition besides person philharmonic instruments,” Governor Lemus said during a ceremonial successful which helium distributed guitars, cellos and different instruments to students of secondary nationalist schoolhouse 56 Juana de Asbaje successful the superior of Guadalajara.  

During the event, the secondary school’s String Orchestra and School Mariachi performed classical songs including “Cielito Lindo” and “Guadalajara, Guadalajara.” 

According to Jalisco Education Minister Juan Carlos Flores Miramontes, the Jalisco government has provided 266 schools successful 71 municipalities with philharmonic instruments. 

During his presumption astatine the event, Miramontes shared that this year, helium hopes for “10 caller orchestras” successful “every country of Jalisco.” The “Jalisco con Estrella” programme volition person an archetypal fund of 5 cardinal pesos (US $245 million) and schoolhouse renovations are expected to beryllium completed earlier the extremity of 2027.

Las nuevas generaciones 👧 🧒están familiarizadas con la tecnología, y en Jalisco queremos unirla con la educación 📚, en beneficio del aprendizaje; bajo esta lógica entregamos 42 kits Lego Robotix 🤖, para impulsar el desarrollo en habilidades STEAM (Ciencia, Tecnología,… pic.twitter.com/djii0HhgAs

— Pablo Lemus Navarro (@PabloLemusN) January 29, 2025

In January, Lemus led the symbolic transportation of LEGO RobotiX kits to heighten students’ STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) abilities. This year, the section authorities handed retired 42 LEGO RobotiX Kits to Jalisco schools, designed according to each acquisition level. 

Fundación RobotiX, which organizes the planetary contention FIRST LEGO League successful Mexico, provides robotics materials, grooming and strategical guidance to teachers and schoolhouse administrators nationwide.

“If we comparison ourselves with different states successful Mexico, we are galore steps up to beryllium capable to warrant a overmuch much promising aboriginal for our girls and boys,” Lemus said. “The acquisition strategy of Jalisco volition beryllium an illustration astatine the nationalist level.” 

Lemus added that these actions and different acquisition programs developed by Jalisco’s acquisition curate are evolving to accommodate to existent times and conscionable modern teaching methods for children.

According to a property release, the wide manager of Grupo RobotiX, Roberto Saint Martin, said that 1,600 schools passim Mexico person acquisition and materials from RobotiX and that the extremity is to adhd 85 much participating schools successful Jalisco successful the adjacent fewer years.

With reports from El Informador, Quadratín and El Occidental