A school staff member checks a student at Instituto Nacional Maestro Alberto Masferrer in San Salvador, El Salvador, on August 20. El Salvador's Minister of Education, Karla Trigueros, issued "order and discipline" regulations, which establish strict controls over the appearance and behavior of students. Photo by Javier Aparicio/EPA
Oct. 7 (UPI) -- President Nayib Bukele has ordered a ban on the use of "inclusive language" in all public schools in El Salvador, citing the defense of the Spanish language and the protection of children from "external ideologies."
"As of today, the so-called 'inclusive language' is prohibited in all public educational centers in our country," Bukele said on X.
Education Minister Karla Trigueros backed the measure, saying it seeks to "guarantee the proper use of our language in all materials and content, as well as protect early childhood and adolescence from ideological interference that affects their development."
According to official memos, words such as amigue, compañere, niñe, todos y todas, alumn@, jóvenxs, and nosotrxs" will not be allowed in public schools.
