IPN and students agree to negotiation talks with SEP, establish four working groups

Students and officials from Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) have agreed to form four working groups to negotiate the resolution of student demands. The agreement was reached after more than four and a half hours of dialogue at the Juan de Dios Bátiz Historic and Cultural Center.

The negotiations were prompted by the occupation of the Canal Once facilities by students, which began on May 22. The IPN stated that the meeting aimed to establish a framework for addressing the students' requests within the current legal norms, as well as the specific needs of various academic units.

Representing the SEP was Carlos Iván Moreno Arellano, director-general of University and Intercultural Higher Education. The IPN was represented by its general secretary, Ismael Jaidar Monter. Students also requested the release of various institutional documents from the IPN as part of the transparency commitments for the negotiation process.

The four working groups will focus on distinct areas: legal and security matters; financial, infrastructure, and services issues; democratization, decentralization, and academic affairs; and teaching-related topics. The groups aim to build specific agreements to advance toward resolving the demands that led to the occupation.

Both parties have scheduled a follow-up meeting for Friday at 8:00 AM at the Auditorium of the Directorate of Business Services and Technological Transfer (DSETT) in Zacatenco to review the established commitments and the progress of the thematic tables.

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the meeting aimed to generate agreements and lay the groundwork for addressing the general requests presented by the students within the current regulatory framework, as well as the particular needs of the different academic units.