{"id":12588,"date":"2019-06-20T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12588"},"modified":"2019-06-14T09:55:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:55:38","slug":"mexico-city-updates-school-uniform-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/mexico-city-updates-school-uniform-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City Updates School Uniform Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, Mexico City updated its school uniform policy that required girls to wear skirts and boys to wear pants. While there was some confusion, the policy aims to limit the gender-specific constraints of the previous policy. In this post, I will explore the use of uniforms in Mexican schools and what the new policy entails.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken by Presidencia de la Rep\u00fablica found on Flickr.com with license CC BY 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n

Uniformes<\/h3>\n

Students in both public and (most) private schools from\u00a0primaria<\/em> or elementary to secundaria <\/em>or middle school are required to wear uniforms to school. The general rule is that the sports uniform or uniforme deportivo<\/em> consisting of\u00a0pantalon corto y\/o pants, playera y tennis<\/em>, should be worn only on days when students will go to physical education class. The formal uniform consisting of falda, blusa, y su\u00e9ter <\/em>for girls, and\u00a0pantal\u00f3n, camisa, y suet\u00e9r<\/em> for boys is worn on the rest of the school days.<\/p>\n

Parents are required to purchase the school uniforms each year. Some schools are more strict than others, but in general, uniforms are considered an integral part of school. If a student arrives without the uniform or with non-matching uniform pieces (for example, the t-shirt with the dress pants), schools can either turn the student away, call the parent to bring the right clothes, or enforce some other form of consequence.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Nueva Pol\u00edtica de Uniformes<\/h3>\n

Mexico City\u00a0jefa de gobierno\u00a0<\/em>or major Claudia Sheinbaum announced that uniforms will no longer be gender-specific but rather neutro<\/em> or neutral. Students will be able to choose whatever uniform they want. This is of course about the dress skirt and dress pants. Part of Sheinbaum’s speech during the announcement said the following:<\/p>\n

\u201cLos ni\u00f1os pueden traer falda si quieren y las ni\u00f1as pueden traer pantal\u00f3n si quieren, esa es una parte de la equidad, de la igualdad\u201d, consider\u00f3, ya que hay un derecho donde los padres de familia quieren mantener el uniforme escolar, pero no es necesario que las ni\u00f1as siempre traigan falda con excepci\u00f3n de los d\u00edas con actividades deportivas.”\u00a0<\/em>(source Animal Politico<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In her speech, she stressed the importance of gender neutral uniforms to foster igualdad <\/em> or equality by allowing girls and boys to choose for themselves. While this new policy will only be in effect in Mexico City, the rest of the country is expected to follow. Below is a short news item about the new uniform policy.<\/p>\n