50 teachers were also chosen to strengthen their teaching skills
The governor of Yucatán, Mauricio Vila Dosal, began the 2024 International Mobility Program, with which a total of 500 outstanding young people from public and private universities will travel to universities in the United States and Canada.
This year’s state scheme also contemplates providing this opportunity to 50 Yucatecan teachers from basic, upper secondary and higher education institutions to strengthen their English language teaching skills and methodologies at Lakehead University during a three-week stay in Canada; as well as they chose five graduate students, who will spend a year studying a master’s degree at the University of Regina, also in Canada.
Addressing his message, Vila Dosal noted that, as promised in 2022, 170 young people were sent abroad; in 2023, double that, with 340 young people and this year the figure reached 500 young people, 50 teachers and five young people to study master’s degrees with everything paid for, where the state government covers the costs of air travel, accommodation, and the university course. and their food, so they don’t have to spend more.
“We are directing, only in the postgraduate modality, more than half a million pesos for each of the five students, and I always say that we are not spending but investing in the most precious thing we have, which is our human capital and our young people. , who are the ones who will build the future of Yucatán in the next 20 or 30 years and this is the best investment that a government can make so that the Yucatecans are the ones who take advantage of the opportunities and good jobs that are being generated in Yucatán “, stated Vila Dosal in the presence of the United States consul in Mérida, Dorothy Ngutter.
The student Julio César May Pacheco, originally from Tekax, who was a beneficiary of this scheme in 2023 and studied at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, pointed out that the International Mobility program is an unforgettable experience, for which he thanked the governor for their drive and support for young Yucatecans.
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