No graduate of the College of Scientific and Technological Studies of the State of Baja California Sur (Cecyte BCS) will be left without the opportunity to attend university or technical colleges.
This follows the signing of a “free transit” agreement between the college and public higher education institutions, benefiting more than 10,000 students across 23 campuses, making Baja California Sur the first state in the country to offer this educational guarantee.
During the ceremony, held this Monday, October 20, at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS), Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío emphasized that the agreement represents a “historic step” in opening the doors of higher education to the entire Cecyte community.
“It is an agreement so that Cecyte students can enter the school of their best opportunity: the technical colleges in the five municipalities and the Autonomous University,” the governor stated.
“Of the 10,000 students who enter, around 2,000 to 2,500 graduate, who will have free access to the state’s universities and technological institutes,” he emphasized in an interview with El Sudcaliforniano.
Cecyte’s national coordinator, Iván Flores Benítez, emphasized that Baja California Sur has become a national benchmark, being the first state where all public higher education institutions offer guaranteed spaces to graduates of the system.
“Free transit exists in no other state. This agreement is historic. It means that every young Cecyte graduate is guaranteed the right and opportunity to continue their professional training,” the coordinator stated.
The agreement includes the UABCS, the Technological University of La Paz (UTLP), and the technological institutes of La Paz, Los Cabos, Mulegé, and Ciudad Constitución.
Flores added that the agreement is based on the updating of curricula and the certification of technical programs by national universities such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), and the National Technological Institute of Mexico (Tecnm).
“We seek to make technical education a launching pad, not an end point,” said Flores Benítez in an interview with El Sudcaliforniano.
For his part, Vladimir Torres Navarro, the general director of Cecyte Baja California Sur, explained that the agreement eliminates the admission exam as a requirement, ensuring that all students with a passing average are guaranteed a spot, while those with high grades can enter related programs.
“We want to change history so that education is seen as a right, not a privilege. This agreement marks a turning point for our youth,” he explained.
Torres reported that the subsystem currently has 10,800 students and 800 employees, and is preparing to expand its enrollment capacity and introduce hybrid study modalities, combining in-person classes with online training.
UABCS Rector, Dante Arturo Salgado González, acknowledged that the university already covers 97% of free tuition in its programs, and that Cecyte graduates represent a significant portion of its enrollment.
“We want all of you to become students at your highest educational institution. This effort brings us closer to full coverage,” the rector stated.
Salgado reported that from 2021 to 2025, UABCS grew its enrollment by 16%, with three new extensions (La Ribera, Ciudad Insurgentes, and Cabo San Lucas), and that Cecyte graduates now represent 15% of new students.
Governor Víctor Castro Cosío closed the event by emphasizing that education is “the main source of transformation of human thought” and reiterated his commitment to ensuring that “no one is left out and no one is left behind.”
“We can stop paving some streets, but health and education come first,” he said before hundreds of students. The agreement also includes guided tours, mentoring programs, discounts, and scholarships for outstanding young people.
The signatory institutions agreed that this is a decisive step toward an inclusive education policy that, for the first time, guarantees access to higher education for all Cecyte students in Baja California Sur.
Source: oem
