translated from Spanish: More than 11 million students returned to face-to-face classes on the first day

With the exception of Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, due to the passage of Hurricane Nora, 119,497 schools opened in the country, said Delfina Gómez Álvarez, head of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP).
The official explained that yesterday 11 million 426 thousand 26 students returned to face-to-face classes, although she said that it is a preliminary figure for the staggered return, since in many cases only half of the students went to the classrooms and the other half will attend this Tuesday.
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“The factor that varies is the number of students, why? Because doing an account, just yesterday a cut, around 20 million students came out. However, until today we want to confirm it well because there are children who did not show up yesterday, they show up today,” he said.
He said they will continue to collect data this week to provide more accurate data on back-to-school.

With the exception of Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, due to the passage of the Nora hurricane, 119,497 schools opened throughout the country. The data of students who returned will be updated as it will be changing due to the attendance formats, @delfinagomeza reported. pic.twitter.com/boYmR6aX8W
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After a year and a half of confinement and taking online classes, yesterday preschool, primary and secondary students return to face-to-face classes for the 2021-2022 school year.
In Mexico, there were no face-to-face classes since March 2020, when a health emergency was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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While there were parents against returning to school in person, there were others who trusted the decisions of the authorities in schools and who pointed out the need for their children to interact personally again, despite the risk of contagion.
In different schools, parents were consulted and a hybrid model was proposed, however, two days before the start of classes, principals and teachers notified parents that there would be no classes or virtual counseling and that minors should present themselves to schools, otherwise they will only have the support of Aprende en Casa.
Delfina explained that until the weekend will be informed what are the conditions for the restart of face-to-face classes in Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, entities affected by the passage of Hurricane ‘Nora’.
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Original source in Spanish