SEP suspends classes and changes school hours due to Third Heat Wave: States affected

The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) in different states of Mexico has taken measures against high temperaturesranging from suspension of normal classes until the summer holidays are brought forward.

In an attempt to keep the students safe due to the arrival in Mexico of the anticyclone and the Third Heat Wavethe SEP suspended classes in Papantla and other areas of northern Veracruzwhere they will only have to go to school for two days.

The entities where students will have early summer vacations By decision of the local education authorities, they are Nuevo León, Yucatán, Quintana Roo and San Luis Potosí. Below we leave you when classes end in each one.

– Nuevo León: July 4
– Yucatan: July 9
– Quintana Roo: July 11
– San Luis Potosí: June 28

Let us remember that the SEP 2023 – 2024 calendar has July 12 for students and July 16 for teachers and academic/administrative school staff marked as the last day of classes, the beginning of summer vacation.

Another important decision was made in Tamaulipas, where the Undersecretary of Higher Secondary and Higher Education, Guadalupe Acosta Villarreal, announced that Classes could continue online in the coming weeks due to water scarcity and Third Heat Wave.

Other measures that have been taken are in Michoacán, where the State Secretary of Education (SEE) asked academic units at all levels allow students not to wear uniformwhile recommending wearing fresh and comfortable clothing.

Nuevo León appears again in this compilation thanks to a news story that gave something to talk about: in Monterrey, kindergarten students took classes outdoors because they had problems with the electricity supplied by CFE.

Finally, in Coahuila, Isela Licerio Luévano, leader of Section 38 of the National Union of Education Workers, heads a fundraiser to purchase air conditioners in the middle of the Third Heat Wave.

High temperatures

The National Weather Service announced that regions in 13 states of Mexico exceeded 45 degrees this May 20 and in subsequent days.

Below we will leave you the list of entities where SMN de Conagua expects temperatures above 40 degrees:

– Baja California.
– Baja California Sur.
– Sinaloa.
– Sonoran.
– Durango.
– Jalisco.
– Nayarit.
– New Lion.
– Chihuahua.
– Coahuila.
– Campeche.
– Chiapas.
– Tabasco.
– Tamaulipas.
– Veracruz.
– Yucatan.
– Michoacan.
– Morelos.
– Colima.
– Warrior.
– Gentleman.
– Oaxaca.
– Puebla.
– Quintana Roo.
– San Luis Potosi.

I am Juan Pablo Chaidez Aispuro, a graduate in journalism from the UAS who life led me to specialize in content creation to generate traffic on different channels. Since I was a child I had a taste for the news and being informed; today, I consider myself more of a publicist. I gained some experience in the Noroeste sports area and as a radio reporter at Informativo Puro Sinaloa. In 2020 I joined the ranks of DEBATE, months later I became a Web Editor at Debate.com.mx. I am an apprentice and passionate about music, I am also fascinated by photography, travel, gastronomy, technology, astronomy, multiplatform content creation and helping whoever possible with my work. I always have my sights set on the highest, but family and real friends come first.

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