Baja California Sur will build 18 new childcare centers across all five of its municipalities, backed by a projected investment of more than 900 million pesos (roughly $45 million USD). Jorge Humberto Bautista Rodríguez, the state’s undersecretary of administration, announced the plan as part of a federal initiative led by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
The centers, called Centros de Educación y Cuidado Infantil (CECI), will be distributed among the municipalities of La Paz, Los Cabos, Comondú, Mulegé, and Loreto. The state government is coordinating with IMSS (the Mexican Social Security Institute) to secure land donations for the construction sites.
Federal Initiative Drives Statewide Rollout
The CECI program is a national effort by the Sheinbaum administration to expand subsidized childcare across Mexico. In Baja California Sur, the 18 planned centers represent a major infrastructure push for a state with just five municipalities spread across a long, sparsely populated peninsula.
Smaller communities in Comondú, Mulegé, and Loreto could gain their first dedicated public childcare facilities through the program. La Paz, the state capital with a population of about 250,000, and Los Cabos, the state’s tourism hub, are also slated to receive centers.
No Timeline or Specific Locations Yet
Bautista Rodríguez did not announce specific construction sites or a timeline for when the centers would open. The IMSS land donation process is still underway, and no groundbreaking dates have been set.
The 900 million peso figure, if fully realized, would average about 50 million pesos (approximately $2.5 million USD) per center. That budget would need to cover construction, equipment, and staffing infrastructure for each CECI location.
Baja California Sur’s geography poses logistical challenges for large-scale construction projects. Goods and materials often arrive by ferry from the mainland or by truck from Mexicali, adding cost and time to building timelines.
The announcement was first reported by the Baja California Sur state government website, bcs.gob.mx.