On March 23, 2020, as schools closed for COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) began Aprende en Casa, “learn at home.” Lessons were broadcast on the public channels Once and Ingenio TV and posted online. Secondary school ran from 8:00 to 11:00 in the morning, preschool and primary school from 9:00 to 12:00. (Video in Spanish.)
The ministry stated that “el receso escolar no significa, en modo alguno, un periodo vacacional ampliado” (the school recess in no way means an extended vacation). In August 2020, the government announced that the new school year would begin on August 24 with Aprende en Casa II, carried also by the commercial networks Televisa, TV Azteca, Imagen and Multimedios.