por He coat of arms of the technical high schools of Mexico it is part of a symbology that represents its members and characterizes them as members of an educational community.
The shield was conceived to create or increase the moral values of this community and strengthen its sense of belonging. This element seeks to collaborate in the psychological development of adolescents.
In the design of the shields or logos, drawings are incorporated in which letters or abbreviations are grouped to form a unit. This unit represents and highlights the inherent and representative characteristics of the institution.
All the members of the technical secondary community are represented in the elements of their shield.
History of the shield of the technical secondary schools of Mexico
The history of the shield of the technical secondary schools of Mexico is linked to the genesis and development that the technical secondary schools themselves have had.
Historians maintain that Mexican technical education began to take shape from the 19th century, although practical knowledge has its antecedents in the humble artisans and began to develop after the Industrial Revolution.
Even the hero of the Mexican war of independence, Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, stimulated technical education within his parishes, with the formation of arts and crafts schools.
After the country’s independence, its authorities began to consider formal educational models to improve practical teaching. The development of these models came from a wide variety of technical institutes with their specialties.
In this way, their philosophy, their mission, their vision and a need to transcend as a social group, led them to the need to adopt certain emblems and emblems.
Among these is the shield. These symbols seek a projection similar to that of other social groups within the Mexican community.
Meaning of the shield
The shield that symbolizes the technical secondary schools of Mexico is made up of several elements. One of them is the letters DGEST that visibly dominate the upper part of the design.
This is the abbreviation for General Directorate of Technical Secondary Education. Meanwhile, in the center of the shield, are the initials EST.
These letters form the figure of a student (letter S) sitting on a bench (letter E), in front of a table (letter T). EST stands for Technical High Schools.
On the other hand, bordering the design, you can see a gear that frames the two aforementioned elements. This gear represents work, technological progress and industrial technology.
Inside the gear, there is a figure made up of the silhouette of an anchor and a hexagon. The anchor symbolizes the marine activities of the technical high school.
For its part, the hexagon represents the cell of a honeycomb. The symbology of the honeycomb is taken to indicate its organization and its way of working. It also represents the agricultural activities of the institute.
Finally, the emblem has vertical stripes as an outline of the gear. These represent furrows of plowed land that denote the agricultural activities of the technical secondary school.
References
Secretary of Education Michoacán. Technical secondary. Retrieved from educacion.michoacan.gob.mx.
Only for technical high school students. Recovered from chilango.com.