translated from Spanish: Nearly repair all schools damaged by September earthquakes in CDMX

CDMX.- InIFED reports 92 percent progress in the rehabilitation of school campuses in Mexico CityMil 836 of the thousand 980 affected plants in the capital of the country have been rehabilitated in their entirety.
181 plants are delivered in the south-southeast region, with an investment of 397 million 900 thousand pesos.

The Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), through the National Institute of Educational Physical Infrastructure (INIFED), reports that 22 of the school campuses affected by the September 2017 sessions, in Mexico City, will be delivered for the start of the next school year. INIFED Director General Jorge Jiménez Alcaraz reported to the head of the PMI, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, that 836 of the thousand 980 affected campuses in the country’s capital have been fully rehabilitated, representing more than 92 percent progress in the works. In addition, it stated that the remaining 8 per cent, or 144 schools, were in construction, of which 4 per cent were for the Local Institute of Educational Physical Infrastructure in Mexico City (ILIFE), and 4 per cent for INIFED. The schools to be delivered in Mexico City are: 12 preschools, seven elementary schools, one secondary, a telesecondary, and a Multiple Service Center, located in the mayors of Iztacalco, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Xochimilco, Iztapalapa, Gustavo A. Madero, Tláhuac, Magdalena Contreras, Milpa Alta, Tlalpan, Venustiano Carranza and Xochimilco., also reported that, in compliance with the instruction of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to dignify school spaces and contribute to the strengthening of educational equity, 181 campuses were delivered in the south-southeast region of the country, with an investment of 397 million 900 thousand pesos in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán.

The SeP and INIFED endorse their commitment to equity and educational quality as established by the National Education Agreement.

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