Secretary of Public Education

Secretary of Public Education

In Mexico, the Secretary of Public Education is the head of the Secretariat of Public Education (in Spanish: "Secretaría de Educación Pública"; abbreviated SEP), the federal government department with responsibility for the nation's public schools and education policy in general. The secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is chosen discretionally by the President of the Republic.

The current Secretary of Education is Josefina Vázquez Mota.

External links

* [http://www.sep.gob.mx/wb2/sep/sep_582_titulares_de_la_sep SEP: Mexican secretaries of education since 1821] (in Spanish)


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