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Date Shared: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 15:30
Title: 

Bi-national Migrant Education Program (PROBEM)

Countries and areas: 
Mexico, United States
Partner(s): 
National Governments of Mexico and United States
Thematic Area: 
Diasporas, Strategies for minimizing costs/maximizing human development
Tags: 
Policy Coherence, Migration and Education, Capacity Building, Children and Youth, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement
Summary: 

The Bi-national Migrant Education Program (PROBEM) targets the educational problem of the migrant population between both countries. It aims to ensure the continuity and quality of children and young people basic education that spend part of their school year in Mexico and another in the USA.  

This program falls under the Mexico-United States Cooperation Initiative on Education that has established programs in the US to facilitate access to education for Mexican migrants and increase their potential to adapt locally.

 

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2010 - Roundtable 2.1 "Reducing the costs of migration and maximizing human development"

Link: 

For more information:

  • https://www2.ed.gov/admins/tchrqual/learn/binational.html
  • http://www.sepen.gob.mx/probem/

 


Source (retrieved on 04/13/2026 - 06:43): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/455