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Minister of Education presented in Congress measures adopted to address problems in public universitiesHe reiterated to Congress a request for a supplementary credit for 119 million soles for scholarship programs
The Ministry of Education (Minedu) will provide permanent technical assistance to strengthen the institutionalization of the National University of Jaen through the election of its authorities, in a transparent and participatory process, said the Minister of Education, Maria Esther Cuadros.
During her presentation at the Education, Youth and Sports Commission of the Congress of the Republic, the head of the sector reported that a team from Minedu was in Jaen to monitor the work of the organizing commission of that house of studies and seek a solution to the lack of university dining service. He explained that the service contracting process was granted on May 4, but an appeal filed by another bidder on May 15 extended the deadlines, pending the pronouncement of the Agency in Charge of State Contracting until June 12.
On the other hand, he indicated that the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos is taken over by a sector of students who oppose Law Project 12736, on the immediate re-election of rectors and vice-chancellors, and demand that university elections be held in person.
In this regard, he pointed out that, in accordance with the Constitution and the University Law, universities enjoy autonomy in their governance regime (academic, administrative and economic), which is why the Minedu has requested information from Sunedu on the actions it has been taking to protect the rights of students, and stated that, at the level of the Executive Branch, the physical and emotional integrity of students and teachers will be ensured.
Regarding Pronabec, the minister pointed out that the budget assigned for fiscal year 2026 amounts to 1,429 million soles, resources that are not sufficient to guarantee the continuity of the scholarships and, at the same time, launch new calls. Likewise, he reiterated his request to Congress to approve a supplementary credit for 119 million soles, which would allow expanding the vacancies in the Beca 18 program and making a call for the Bicentennial Generation Scholarship.
The official explained that the Pronabec reengineering process aims for scholarships to recover their nature as an investment in high-performance talent and not become solely a broad subsidy for access to higher education. He pointed out that current indicators show an increase in the non-return to the country by scholarship recipients, a significant increase in requests to change careers and institutions, the flexibility of the commitment to service to Peru and a high concentration of scholarships in private universities and in careers that do not necessarily respond to national and subnational development priorities.
Finally, he indicated that the percentage of scholarship recipients who have not returned to the country has increased, and specified that in 2013, this percentage was 27%; In 2018, it rose to 44%, and in 2024 it reached 63%.
