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Sheinbaum offers alternative for those failing Mexico's top university's new exam
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Sheinbaum offers alternative for those failing Mexico's top university's new exam

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum offered free enrollment at the National University Rosario Castellanos for students who fail to gain admission to UNAM.
  • This offer follows UNAM's decision to conduct a new in-person exam after irregularities were found in its initial online admission process.
  • The move aims to ensure that all students seeking higher education can find a place, addressing concerns over the integrity of UNAM's admission system.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a plan to offer free enrollment at the National University Rosario Castellanos (UNRC) to students who do not pass the upcoming in-person control exam for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). This initiative aims to provide an alternative for those who might be rejected after UNAM revisits its controversial online admission process.

If there is a rejected student in that exam, we are going to open the door at the National University Rosario Castellanos so they can study for free

— Claudia SheinbaumAnnouncing the offer of free enrollment at UNRC for students who fail the UNAM control exam.

"If there is a rejected student in that exam, we are going to open the door at the National University Rosario Castellanos so they can study for free," Sheinbaum stated during a visit to Santo Domingo Tonalá in Oaxaca. She emphasized that the core issue is ensuring all young people who wish to pursue higher education have the opportunity to do so, regardless of the UNAM exam's outcome.

President Sheinbaum has instructed the Secretary of Public Education, Mario Delgado, to coordinate with the rector of UNRC, Alma Xóchitl Herrera, and potentially other higher education institutions to facilitate this. The offer comes after UNAM's technical commission recommended a new in-person exam to address atypical results and potential irregularities detected in the initial online admission process.

What is fundamental, what is important, is that all young people who want to study at university can study at university

— Claudia SheinbaumStating the underlying principle behind the offer to ensure access to higher education.

The new evaluation will affect approximately 58,000 applicants, nearly a third of the initial 158,712 who took the online test. Concerns about unusual score increases and allegations of external assistance, identity fraud, and the use of artificial intelligence have cast a shadow over UNAM's admission process. The university has already filed a criminal complaint against entities accused of selling fraudulent services for the exam.

Yesterday I asked Mario Delgado to work with the rector of the Rosario Castellanos University and also with other universities if they want to do so, so that all young people who take this exam do not remain without school, but can continue studying

— Claudia SheinbaumDetailing the instructions given to the Secretary of Public Education regarding coordination with universities.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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