THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN MEXICO: POLICIES AND STRUCTURE

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the National System of Higher Technological Education in Mexico, as well as its policies and structure. The research question is: how is Higher Technological Education organized in Mexico? In order to answer this question, this article is organized in three sections: The first section describes the structure of the National Education System in Mexico, situating higher education and the different sub-systems that make it up, locating higher technological education and its definition; the second section presents a review of the publicly funded technological education sub-system, which is made up of four main sub-systems of institutions, including policies, coverage, educational offerings, and enrolment, among others; The third section compares the achievements and challenges faced by higher education technology in the subsystems presented, in parallel with other Latin American countries, and the need to adopt policies that promote the development of technological education as a response to the demands of society and of the different regions where higher education technology is immersed. It is concluded that technological education represents new indispensable scenarios for the strengthening of the country. However, given that scientific and cultural development is based on highly trained human capital, technological education will be the basis for the development of the present.