President Nayib Bukele has called on the youth of El Salvador to embrace their role in protecting the country’s recent transformations and ensuring that it never returns to the instability of the past. His message, delivered in a video clip shared on his official X account and excerpted from his Independence Day address, emphasized both security and education as cornerstones of national progress.
“I want to speak to you, children and adolescents, to the generation that will have the enormous responsibility of ensuring that El Salvador continues to advance and never goes back again,” President Bukele said. “You are responsible for ensuring that El Salvador never returns to the past.”
The president highlighted ongoing efforts to improve education through the provision of computers, safe learning environments, and the renovation of schools. Earlier this year, the government launched the Two Schools a Day program, which focuses on the construction and rehabilitation of public schools nationwide.
“It’s your turn to learn, grow, and take advantage of the opportunities you have: computers, security to study, spaces to dream big, spaces that we are still recovering with the reconstruction of schools,” Bukele stated during civic events at the Presidential Palace attended by public school students.
The president also underscored the importance of values and personal responsibility. “Respect, strive, value your teachers, honor your parents, and be proud of this country, which belongs to you, because you are the ones who will take El Salvador much further than we can achieve,” he affirmed.
In line with these priorities, the new Minister of Education, Karla Trigueros, recently introduced measures to strengthen discipline and order among students, reinforcing the government’s commitment to shaping a generation prepared to lead El Salvador into a stable and prosperous future.