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The proposal prioritizes 24 268 million soles for teaching remuneration measures and 2300 million soles for educational infrastructure, ensuring the continuity of the advances achievedFrom 2023 to date, the education sector budget increased by 15 % and achieved the largest investment executed in the last 20 years
The 2026 budget reinforces the decentralization policy by allocating 63 % of its S/49 billion to regional governments to strengthen education and improve school infrastructure throughout the country
The government of President Dina Boluarte has projected, by 2026, a historical budget of 49 424 million soles for the education sector, which represents an increase of 426 million soles compared to 2025 and consolidates an allocation equivalent to 19.2 % of the national budget.
This financial effort gives continuity to the sustained growth recorded in recent years, and that, between 2023 and 2025, the education budget increased by 15 %, from 42 billion soles to 48 billion soles. This execution that will be implemented in a decentralized way will allow to continue the investment route initiated three years ago by the government of President Dina Boluarte Zegarra, contributing to the closure of historical gaps for the benefit of millions of students, said the Minister of Education, Morgan Quero.
The Executives proposal for 2026 ensures the sustainability of the advances achieved and prioritizes two fundamental axes: 24 268 million soles for remunerative measures in favor of teachers and 2300 million soles destined for educational infrastructure, which will allow the execution of more works, equipment and improvements in schools at the national level.
It should be noted that, during 2025, historical milestones have been achieved in education, such as the delivery of 42 Bicentennial Schools and the culmination of 79 educational projects through the pronied. In addition, the construction of the COAR center megaproject in three regions began: Cusco, Pasco and Huancavelica. In parallel, maintenance work was carried out in 54,000 schools, with an investment of 295 million soles and direct conditioning was executed in 205 educational institutions.
In the teaching field, a remunerative increase was granted to 426,000 teachers, raising the salary floor by 35 %, from 2600 soles to 3500 soles as of November 2025, and 25,000 education assistants, from 2230 soles to 2945 soles. To this is added the training of 300,000 teachers and the Bachelor of 111 Technological and Pedagogical Institutes, for the benefit of more than 60,000 students. Finally, more than 58,000 scholarships were awarded to young people from all over the country.
The Government of President Dina Boluarte maintains a firm commitment: invest with responsibility and decentralize the resources for education to reach each region of the country, said the head of the sector, Morgan Quero, who also specified that the budget project for education 2026 reinforces the decentralization process, by allocating 63 % of resources to regional and local governments, which guarantees interventions closer to communities and more efficient educational management.
In the case of the National Government, the Budget in Education amounts to 17,091 million soles, distributed in 9924 million soles for programs and investments of the Ministry of Education; 467 million soles for decentralized public agencies of the education sector, and 67 billion soles for public universities. Of this amount, 5000 million soles oriented to the remunerative policy of teachers of Metropolitan Lima, university professors and workers in the sector, in addition to 1886 million soles to finance 664 educational investments throughout the country, stand out.
Each sun invested in education is to invest for the future of Peru. This budget guarantees better conditions for our teachers and more safe and equipped schools for our students, concluded the Minister of Education, Morgan Quero.
