“Agreement modifying the decree number 286 which establishes the guidelines that determine the general rules and criteria, which will regulate the recognition of studies abroad and the equivalence of studies, as well as the procedures by which knowledge corresponding to school years or educational levels acquired on a self-taught basis will be accredited, through work experience or based on the certification scheme referred to work training”; its purpose is to eliminate certain requirements for the process relevant to the recognition of studies abroad, such as the apostilles (authentication of documents) and the official translation of documents, the simplification of other requirements such as the academic background or the academic matching percentages, as well as the definition of criteria that allow to expand other alternatives of academic matching and to expedite the resolution of this process, facilitating the academic mobility and insertion in the Mexican education system.