El Sistema Educativo Mexicano (un modelo de simulación de escenarios)* The Mexican education system (a simulation model scenarios)

It is necessary, for the prospective research on the Mexican educational system which is be- ing carried out by the Fundacion Javier Barros Sierra, A. C.; to count on working tools which could enable us to analyse various alternatives for the system's development. It was confirmed, after a reexamination of the current state of knowledge in the field, that there did not ex- ist the adequate tools, and it was therefore decided to build the present one: a simulation model, implemented in microcomputer, which allows us to utilize heuristic information in a basis scheme of enroriments and unitary costs of the formal educational system. This paper presents some scenarios and comments on the possible current and future uses of the model.