Mexico's Oaxaca and Chiapas schools resume classes after teachers' strike

More than 822,000 basic‑education students in Oaxaca returned to classrooms on Monday after a nearly month‑long strike by the Section 22 of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE). The teachers voted 12,818‑3,594 for a strategic cease of mobilization, allowing schools in over 11,200 facilities to reopen, though many parents expressed concern about recovering roughly 25 lost school days.

In Chiapas, only about half of the schools on strike resumed classes on 22 June, with roughly 4,500 institutions reopening. The National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) said the return will be gradual and affirmed that the school year’s closure is guaranteed. Officials clarified that the 800 million‑peso fund recently delivered by the Education Secretariat was allocated solely to Oaxaca’s Section 22, not to Chiapas.

Both states face the challenge of completing the academic calendar while addressing teachers’ demands for the repeal of the Education Law and the ISSSTE Law.