The Congressional Education, Youth and Sports Commission of the Republic, will receive this Monday, May 4, the Minister of Education, María Cuadroswhere you must report on the actions carried out to solve the financial crisis that endangers the continuity of the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec), which includes Beca 18 and Bicentennial Generation Scholarships.
The Congressional Education, Youth and Sports Commission of the Republic, will receive this Monday, May 4, the Minister of Education, María Cuadroswhere you must report on the actions carried out to solve the financial crisis that endangers the continuity of the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec), which includes Beca 18 and Bicentennial Generation Scholarships.
The participation of Enrique Kocyen Con, executive director of Pronabec.
The Bicentennial Generation Scholarship covers the expenses required by Peruvian university students to study abroad. (Photo: Pronabec)
It should be noted that the Education Commission He also summoned the Minister of Economy and Finance, Rodolfo Acuña, but he will not attend, and will only send a representative.
The appointment will be in Room 3 “Luis Bedoya Reyes” of the “Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre” building, starting at 8 in the morning.
What happens at Pronabec?
The crisis in the Comprehensive Program scholarships It directly affects approximately 20 thousand scholarship students, who face the possibility of losing their educational benefits this year.
The Bicentennial Generation Scholarship (BGB) It has a public budget of just 0.028% of the annual Education budget. However, since 2013, 2,785 scholarships for high-performance Peruvian professionals academic and limited resources, so that they can complete master’s and doctoral degrees in the 400 best universities in the world, under the commitment to return and contribute professionally to the country. He Estimated cost is S/ 232 thousand per master’s degree and S/ 411 thousand per doctorate.
