Since 2017, the Government of Mexico implemented various measures to facilitate the entry or re-entry of repatriated Mexican students, at any level of the Educational System in Mexico.
By constitutional law, repatriated Mexican students can access education in Mexico in public and private schools, at any of the levels of the National Educational System (SEN). The measures implemented in 2017, facilitated the process of revalidation of studies by discarding the need for apostille or legalization of documents such as birth certificates or academic certificates.
For the revalidation process, it is necessary to present the document that certifies the completion of the corresponding academic level, for example, presenting the General Education Development (GED) certificate, allows the total revalidation of the baccalaureate level in Mexico.
In addition, documents issued in different languages must be accompanied by a free translation; and the lack of identity documents should not be an impediment for the student to continue with their studies, nor can the process be denied for it.
The procedure is carried out directly with the General Directorate of Accreditation, Incorporation and Revalidation, belonging to the Ministry of Public Education (SEP). Get more details in the following link: https://www.sep.gob.mx/wb/sep1/sep1_Direccion_General_de_Acreditacion
Regarding the correspondence of educational degrees in Mexico with respect to the United States, the order is as follows:
- The first six grades of primary education are the same in both countries (1st to 6th grade), Primary and Elementary School.
- After Middle School (7th and 8th grade) in the United States covers only the first two years of high school in Mexico.
- The last year of high school in Mexico is the equivalent in the United States to the first year of High School (9th grade).
- The three years of high school in Mexico correspond to the last three years of High School in the United States (10th to 12th).
Click on the following link to see the correspondence table in the United States (page 20):
http://www.sep.gob.mx/work/models/sep1/Resource/12234/10/images/Tablas_Correspondencia100(1).pdf
If the repatriated student arrives in Mexico with studies completed at any of the educational levels, they can continue their studies as normal, taking the corresponding degree. However, if the student returns to Mexico without having completed the last educational level that she attended.
