translated from Spanish: How are they distributed textbooks? There is a delay in the process

In the two previous six, there were only a couple of delays in the distribution of free textbooks for basic education, due to the update of the contents, but this is the first time that the delay is due to the tendering procedure.
For each school cycle, may later gave the books starting signal already printed to deliver to the States; in the following two months progressed the logistics to get to the municipalities, even with the help of the army and the Navy to reach the most remote regions. Only was achieved so that students have textbooks right at the beginning of the school year in August.
But until this April 25, all contracts or even had been granted to print millions of books, even though the process takes between two and four months. Just Thursday the failure of procurement of paper and cardboard boxes was given, but two more bids for printing books for preschool and elementary have been deferred on 10 occasions.
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Although April 12 was declared deserted these bids since “is beyond the budgetary sufficiency established by the editorial coordination after the subsequent offer of discount”, new calls have not been issued according to this Tuesday the newspaper La Jornada. 
According to the President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the companies had colluded to increase the cost of the paper. “They are not satisfied and make blocks to introduce higher prices, we’re seeing it in the case of paper for the edition of text books, where getting agreement”, said at press conference on April 14.
Three former officials of the SEP consulted, including basic education, Lorenzo Gómez Morín, Lamar they agree that due to the lag of the process until this month, textbooks will reach students in October or November, since there is no way of accelerate the process of printing millions of copies or distribution logistics.
According to press releases and review reports of the National Commission on free textbooks (Conaliteg), responsible for the process of production and distribution of educational materials, this is the first time since the two previous six that the delay is due to the process of recruitment and with such volume of purchase on tenterhooks.
In 2010 alone, there were six-month delay in the distribution of activities, but not books, notebooks since that year entered into force the comprehensive reform of the basic education and the SEP delivered a delay new content for printing.
In 2013, the Superior audit of the Federation (ASF) detected that only held 98% of the goal of distribution of free textbooks, “due to the untimely delivery of titles and contents, by the SEP”, i.e., only not be reached the distribution Go 2% of materials in time.
However, the rest of the last two years the Conaliteg six, responsible for the production and distribution of educational materials, has delivered in time because the process is perfectly calculated. According to the latest data from the school year of 2018-2019, delivered 194 million books to 26.2 million students and 1.5 million teachers of pre-school, primary, secondary, telesecundaria and distance high school.
The books distribution process takes almost a year, why is that now with the current delay and anticipating that printing began in may, is a fact that the students will not have books in August, at the start of the school year, ensures the Edu exsubsecratario cation Basic, Lorenzo Gómez Morín, in an interview with political Animal.
There are only few printers with the production capacity of millions of copies, and even when they catch the selection, the printing process could not achieve in less than two months.
In addition, also should be considered at least another three months to the process of Assembly of packages of books to every student in the country, over the distribution in the mil 190 regional warehouses, warehouses and points of delivery in the States of the country. And then, the process of distribution in the municipalities. The entire process ends in July of each year, so the students begin the school year with their books.
But this year won’t be as well, which implies an affectation to the students, especially the poor, because the teaching model of the Mexican educational system is based on the textbook. “What will make the teachers without those materials two to three months?” The impact will be immediate, this school year will be the educational backwardness and the Secretariat has not measured the problem,”insists Gómez Morín.
Another ex SEP agrees that “If the times are not respected there is no way that children have their books at beginning of cycle, and in many schools these are the only books that exist, because there is no library or any other resource, or anything online.” It’s a problem.”
According to the review of press releases where the stages and the consultation is announced to former officials of the SEP of last three six, here the timetable of the process through which millions of books become students of the country:
Graphic: Mauricio Robles
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