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Offers educational services in 45 of the 48 native languages to more than 1.2 million children and adolescentsNovember 28 marks Intercultural Bilingual Education Day.
Within the framework of the Intercultural Bilingual Education Week (EIB), the Ministry of Education (Minedu) reported that, during 2025, it served students in 12 of the 17 languages considered at risk of disappearance, in order to strengthen their recovery, appreciation and development.
These 12 native languages at risk of extinction, which are served with the Bilingual Intercultural Education service, are Andean and Amazonian languages spoken in the regions of Loreto, Ucayali, Madre de Dios, Lima Provinces and Junin.
This is the maijiki (Loreto), with 79 students; Arabela (Loreto), with 232 students; ikitu (Loreto), with 252 students; amahuaca (Ucayali), with 261 students; ese eja (Madre de Dios), with 299 students, and bora (Loreto), with 337 students.
Likewise, kawki (Lima Provinces), with 371 students; harakbut (Mother of God), with 409 students; shiwilu (Loreto), with 465 students; kapanawa (Loreto), with 492 students; Murui Muinani (Loreto), with 772 students, and Wanka Quechua (Junin), with 33,380 students, which represents the language with the largest school population within the group.
The Minister of Education, Jorge Figueroa, said that, with this attention, the educational coverage of the sector is expanded to 45 of the 48 native languages. He noted that, currently, Minedu provides services with pedagogical materials in 42 native languages and 6 varieties of Quechua, which guarantees attention with linguistic and cultural relevance for children and adolescents of the countrys native peoples.
Throughout the country, there are 26,422 EIB educational institutions where 1,203,697 children and adolescents who speak one of the 48 native languages registered in Peru study. This service is provided by 106,039 teachers.
The central day of the EIB week is November 28. This date commemorates the approval of Supreme Resolution No. 909, of November 28, 1952, which authorized the first training course for native jungle literacy teachers, a direct antecedent to the training of bilingual teachers in Peru.
