Mexican Department of Education

Mexican Department of Education (MDE) is an department in the Mexican government that handles education of the people and minors of Mexico. It also manages the funding from the government, and manages the wages for the staff and teachers. President Calderon has made education (underneath the drug war), an priority. The current director of the Department is Alonso Lujambio, and will be running with Calderon for Secretary of Education in the 2012 elections.