Press Releases 08
U.S. Government Supports Mexican Youth and Teachers
Statement
by Ambassador Antonio O. Garza
Mexico City, July 23, 2008 - “Education develops the mind,
and with greater education comes greater opportunity.
“Today we celebrated with 42 Mexicans that have been awarded
TIES Scholarships. Twenty-seven gifted students will be going
to community colleges in the U.S. to obtain two-year technical
degrees in fields like natural resource and water management,
quality control, electronics, agribusiness, and small and
medium enterprise. Fifteen teachers will attend Arizona State
University for one year of training and capacity building
in order to return to Mexico and strengthen rural primary
education for indigenous children.
“Since 2001 our TIES (Training, Internships, Exchanges and
Scholarships) program has granted a total of 253 scholarships
for students and teachers from the states of Chiapas,
Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán,
Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Mexico
City.
“TIES is an eight-year, 50 million dollar presidential initiative
which aims to strengthen the U.S.–Mexico relationship by increasing
competitiveness and promoting better living standards for
Mexicans. The program also establishes training, internship,
exchange and scholarship relationships between U.S. and Mexican
universities to address common problems.
“The participants’ experiences bring the United States and
Mexico closer together as the students become ambassadors
of Mexico while in the U.S. I feel honored to meet and support
so many talented and enthusiastic Mexicans, who are working
hard to improve their minds, improve their communities, and
improve their country.”
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