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We created MONITO because when educational data becomes inaccessible, inequities become invisible. In Mexico, institutions that once measured learning and school conditions stopped publishing comparable data consistently, or access became fragmented across multiple platforms, formats, and agencies. As public visibility diminished, it became harder for families, teachers, journalists, and policymakers to understand whether decisions were truly improving learning opportunities—especially for the most vulnerable students.
The lack of accessible and trustworthy information weakened civic oversight and limited the possibility of evidence-based dialogue. Without data, communities cannot advocate for their rights; governments cannot be held accountable; and progress cannot be tracked. What is not seen cannot be improved.
Mexicanos Primero recognized that recovering visibility was urgent. The right to learn does not exist abstractly—it must be monitored and demanded. We needed a solution capable of reconnecting public information with the public who needs it.
MONITO was created to rebuild the trail: to find data that had been lost, reveal what was hidden, and translate complex information into accessible insights that enable action. By making educational data visible again, MONITO strengthens transparency, restores trust, and empowers collective decision-making to protect every child and young person’s right to learn.
MONITO is a public online platform that collects, organizes, and visualizes fragmented education data from multiple official sources. It transforms complex indicators into accessible dashboards that allow users to compare progress, identify inequities, and understand how decisions affect learning conditions and outcomes.
In practice, MONITO provides interactive tools to track infrastructure gaps, investment priorities, learning assessments, access and participation, teachers’ conditions, and policy implementation across states. Journalists use it to investigate and report stories; civil society organizations use it to advocate; state authorities use it to benchmark and improve strategies; and communities use it to understand their local context.
MONITO is continuously updated and expanded in partnership with networks of actors who need evidence to defend the right to learn. Through data transparency and civic engagement, the platform turns information into public action that strengthens educational equity and accountability.
MONITO has expanded through strategic partnerships and active use by journalists, civil society, and state education authorities. Since its launch in January 2025, the platform has averaged approximately 1,200 visits per month, becoming a national reference for monitoring equity, infrastructure, financing, and learning opportunities. State-level actors are using it to inform planning and track specific priorities, such as foundational learning. Internationally, MONITO has been recognized by the German Government’s Data Innovation Lab, the MGG Academy, and Teach For All as a practical example of civic data use to advance the right to learn. In the next 2–3 years, we aim to integrate new policy domains, incorporate municipal data, and expand partnerships to increase impact and replicability.
MONITO Version 1, launched in January 2025, focused on recovering and visualizing fragmented education data to restore visibility of inequities. Version 2 (October 2025) represents a structural leap: we shifted from a single-page platform to an expandable civic data system that enhances both product capabilities and team efficiency. We built our own data architecture with full traceability, enabling automated updates, advanced data mining, institutional curation, and more powerful interactive visualizations. MONITO now operates through four modules—General Information, Education in Numbers, Education Policy, and Repository—integrating more than 350 macro indicators, 11,550 general indicators, and over 735 policy indicators (25,000+ data “neurons”). This foundation enables rapid expansion and the future development of our own AI for education transparency.
You can start using MONITO directly on our public platform at https://www.mexicanosprimero.org/monito/ — no cost, no registration required. Explore dashboards, download data, and access documentation. For questions or collaboration, the page includes a comment and contact feature so users can request support or suggest improvements.
