Why do educational reforms fail in Mexico?

Abstract

Why educational reforms fail in Mexico, I rely on the philosophical notion of the absurd, which Albert Camus expounded in his work, specifically in his book The Myth of Sisyphus, originally published in 1942, during World War II. In addition, I have borrowed some ideas expressed in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche and Franz Kafka. I also use the concept of social decadence. It is not new, several authors have analyzed it, it appears recurrently throughout the work of Jacques Barzun, Del amanecer a la decadencia, 500 años de vida cultural en Occidente (de 1500 a nuestros días), published in Mexico in 2005 by the Santillana publishing group. Likewise, Mexican researcher Daniel Ramos Sanchez resorts to this concept in his book Mexico: An Era of Social Decadence, where he approaches this subject according to the perspective of the Fernand Braudel Center of the State University of New York. This absurdity, so to speak, manifests itself in an inopportune manner in the constant and frequent political ramblings. It is present in ineptitude, understood as nonsensical government actions. Summary of some of the causes of failure: A voracious and corrupt political ruling class. Undoubtedly, the most corrupt in all of America. A National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), the largest in Latin America, and undoubtedly the most corrupt in all of America. A mediocre and corrupt bureaucracy of the educational system (SEP). A national government adrift, without statesmen, whose ruling elite remains in power changing party colors according to their interests. A people, whose majority survives in poverty and ignorance, receiving only crumbs to continue voting and keeping the ruling elite in power.