Programa Fortalecimiento a la Excelencia Educativa

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The PROFEXCE aims to support Public Higher Education Institutions with the necessary financial resources to develop their academic and management capacities, in order to have evaluable educational programs of university technical and bachelor's degrees of quality, as recognized by the instances responsible for granting said recognition. Among the different types of financial support that may be offered to higher education institutions, is financing to carry out "projects that promote inclusive education and gender equality, with positive results in the evaluation and replication stages, as applicable, within the framework of the biennial planning established in the Operational Rules of the previous fiscal year of this Program."

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Mexico

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Mexico

Activity URL

https://dgesui.ses.sep.gob.mx/sites/default/files/2020-02/RO%20PROFEXCE%202020.pdf

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2019 - 2024

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Government of Mexico

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Skills

  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

School administrators

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Population of interest is not school-aged

School Level

  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • Boys in school
  • Girls in school

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Policy/legal environment

  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms