pro

all
students who plan

at
the secondary level and offers year

to
teach

4
-
specializations programs leading

to
grams leading degree

15
to

in

or be .* a
,
a

in
four areas and special summer courses for teachers service

in
doctorate

,
To the Higher Normal School
be
admitted student must either

to

,
or a
graduate normal school for kindergarten elementary teachers

of
a
a

In

he
must have completed the secondary preparatory cycle addition must

,
.
pass an entrance examination

.
Significant developments the Higher Normal School during the past

at
several years were 1963 toward constructing shops for the school

in
start a
full time

of
12
its

secondary school annex and the creation

in
and for 1964

-
and half time staff positions
12

Higber .

No special institutions exist prepare professors for higher education

by to

teaching The programs offered the National University the

of
facultades

,
.

Colegio
de

México and the Center for Research and Advanced Studies

,

the National Polytechnical Institute however provide the main source

of

,
for professors
.

TYPE SOURCE OF SUPPORT

2
:

Federal
Through the Secretariat The Federal Government
of

Public Education
,

composed the following

of

controls the National Normal System schools

,

:
Centros Normales Regionales Regional Normal Centers
.

( (

)
.

National Normal School for Kin

de

Escuela Nacional Educadoras

.

dergarten Teachers
.)

Escuela Nacional de Maestros National Normal School for

.

Teachers
.)

Escuela Normal para Capacitación

en

Normal School for Industrial

el

Trabajo Industrial Training

.)
.

Escuelas Normales para Capacitación Normal Schools for Training

in
en
la

Agriculture and Animal

(

Trabajo Agropecuario
el

Husbandry
.)

Escuelas Normales Particulares Incorpo- Private Incorporated Normal

(

radas Schools
)
.

Escuelas Normales Rurales Rural Normal Schools

.

.)

Escuelas Normales Urbanas Urban Normal Schools

.

.)

Mexico City the Escuela Nacional

de

Located the country's

in

Maestros
is
In ,

largest normal school 1958 had four departments One each for
it

:
.

men and women one for coeducational evening school and one for
a

,
,

kindergarten training The obligation firmly established

of

social service
is
.

July
de

For full description the programs see Revista

of

Escuela Normal No.

la
a
*

4,

December 1964. Secretaria de Educación Pública Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior

.

Investigación Científica
e

The Secretariat also controls institutions preparing teachers for secondary schools
6

, ,

normal schools physical education and special education

of

division the Secretariat

A
,

( .
de

the Instituto Federal Capacitación del Magisterio Federal Institute for Teacher
Training provides inservice training
)

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