This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) which discusses an overall educational policy for Mexico based on Constitutional principles and those of humanism. The basic principles that should guide Mexican education as seen by the National Technical Council for Education are the following: (1) love of country; (2) Mexican nationality--open to all without discrimination; (3) enhancing Mexican culture; (4) study of Mexican problems; (5) development of resources; (6) free education; (7) democracy; (8) international solidarity; (9) better international relations; (10) fraternity and equal rights for all; (11) the common good; (12) protection of the family; (13) respect for human dignity; (14) progress of science; (15) full development of the personality; (16) no race, religion, group, sex, or individual privilege; (17) freedom of religion; (18) against ignorance and it consequences; (19) against servitude; (20) against fanaticism; (21) against prejudice; (22) against the money factor in education. (Author/GDB)