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PROBEMJAL ABOUT US
The Secretariat of Education in the State of Jalisco and the Sub Secretariat of Basic Education through the Binational Program of Migrant Education Mexico- U.S.in our entity (PROBEMJAL), has defined since its beginning, purposes and work actions from the needs of the migrant population, defined as a population with special characteristics by its condition of vulnerability, through academic activities and of collaboration with the educational structure of the entity, the consulates, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations of the SEP, among others, same ones that have as main objective, immediate educational attention of children, youth and migrant families in a situation of return, transit or of those who already residing in the neighboring country and that require the issuance of certificates of Basic Education studies through the attention with information, orientation and advice provided in person, by telephone or through electronic media. PROBEMJAL constitutes for the Jalisco society that resides in The American Union and for those who return to the country, a valuable factor of change and an instrument that favors, strengthens, consolidates, and expands all those purposes and actions, aimed at making Mexican binational migrants, have better opportunities of academic progress and with that an environment conducive to access better living standards.
To Provide migrant and transnational binational populations, orientation and educational, social, and cultural supports with a multicultural and intercultural approach; as well as provide administrative services that contribute and facilitate the transit, the continuity and the access to the Basic Education in our country and in the entity and at the same time promote permanence and graduation efficiency rate of the binational and transnational students, also favoring, reflection spaces and exchange of academic experiences and of school management among teachers and administrators of the Educational Structure of Jalisco and the American Union, to strengthen the academic performance and quality of life of these vulnerable populations with equity, quality, pertinence and respect to the cultural identity and to its migrant condition.
PROBEMJAL is an educational program of the Sub Secretariat of Basic Education, recognized at the binational and transnational level, for specialized services and of high quality, that are provided in connection with different areas of the Structure of the Educational System of the State of Jalisco, with a multicultural and bilingual approach that provides projects, strategies and lines of action that contribute to the relevant attention and with equity to the binational and transnational students and families; guaranteeing transit, continuity, access, permanence and the graduation efficiency rate of Basic, Upper Secondary, and Higher Education students, narrowing the bureaucratic paperwork gap that involves these vulnerable populations, accessing educational services; at the same time bringing down different kinds of discrimination based on origin or immigration status.
To contribute and guarantee educational attention to the migrant binational students and families Mexico-U.S.; as well as the transnational population, to ensure the continuity, access, permanence of those populations in Basic, Upper Secondary, and Higher Education levels with equity, quality, and pertinence, under a multicultural and intercultural approach with respect to the condition of origin and legal immigration and thereby impulse graduation efficiency rate; through the connection with different areas of the structure of the Secretariat of Education in the State of Jalisco in particular, with the School Control Department and the different regional delegations located throughout the entity, so that students as returnees or in transit, get access to school immediately attached to the Control Standards that apply to populations in vulnerable conditions such as: indigenous, migrants, and people who present barriers to learning and participation.
Justice
Respect
Equity
Equality
Tolerance
Honesty
Solidarity
Social Responsability
In 1976, joint work began between the states of California and Michoacán for the formation of the Binational Coordination of Migrant Education (PROBEM).
On August 8th, 1990 in Washington D.C. The Memorandum of Understanding about Education between the Government of Mexico and the Government of the United States of America was signed. By the year 1995, the Secretariats of Public Education (SEP) and of Foreign Relations (SRE), they drove an effort on international cooperation with U.S.A., to support the PROBEM and achieve a greater participation of the states with high Mexican migration.
As a result of these actions, it became official by the SEP, through the General Direction of Accreditation, Registration, and Revalidation (DGAIR), the use of the Binational Migrant Student Transfer Document Mexico-U.S.A. and intensified by the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE), goes through the “Program for the Mexican Communities Abroad” (PCME), the diffusion of the PROBEM in U.S.A.
On the 7th of May in the year of 1995, The Secretariats of Public Education of Mexico and the United States of America subscribed the Appendix IV to the Memorandum of Understanding about Education, in which it continues making joint efforts in educational matters from 1996 to 1998, memorandum that continues today; same as endorsed every two years.
HELGA GARCÍA OCAMPO State Coordinator of the Binational Migrant Education Program Mexico-United States (PROBEMJAL), of the Sub Secretariat of Basic Schooling 38 19 27 00 Extension Number 22718 helga.garcia@jalisco.gob.mx | MARÍA DEL RAYO ROBLES VALENCIA Research and Academic Support Officer Training and Mexico- United States Teacher Exchange Officer 38 19 27 00 Extension Number 22539 mariadelrayo.robles@jalisco.gob.mx | Logistics Officer and Administrative Assistant 38 19 27 00 Extension Number 25255 38 19 27 18 Extension Number 25383 @jalisco.gob.mx |
SILVIA ESTRADA SANTILLÁN Attention to Parents and Migrant Binational Students requesting Access to Basic and Middle Education 38 1927 00 Extension Number 22644 silvia.estrada@jalisco.gob.mx | HÉCTOR HUGO TORRES RODRÍGUEZ Design and Communication Assistant 38 19 27 00 Extension Number 22782 hector.torres@jalisco.gob.mx |
- SEP. Ministry of Public Education
- SEP. Ministry of Public Education
- Contact DGAIR
- Institute for Mexicans Abroad
- Binational Educational Guide
- Conocer
- School Control Standards for Basic Education
- Document_of_Standards
- School Correspondence Tables
- United Nations Organization
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)
- Binational Migrant Education Program Mexico – U.S.A.
- National Migration Institute Jalisco Delegation
- Directorate of Attention to Migrants in the State of Jalisco
- The Rhizome Center for Migrants
- Soy México Program
- Colombia Aprende
- RTVCplay Señal Colombia
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
How to access to school
to the migrant population
Programs
Themes
Información de Contacto
Location
- Av. Prolongación Alcalde #1351, Piso 7. Edificio "B", Torre de Educación. Col. Miraflores, C.P. 44280. Guadalajara, Jalisco. México.
Contact us
- +52 33 38 19 27 18 y +52 33 38 19 27 00 Ext. 22718, 25383 y 22539
probem.sej@jalisco.gob.mx
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.