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These actions include measures to guarantee basic services in schools100% of the educational materials have already been shipped throughout the national territory
The Minister of Education, Erfurt Castillo, reported on the actions implemented by his sector for the Good Start of the 2026 School Year in an extraordinary session of the Education, Youth and Sports Commission of the Congress of the Republic. At the presentation he was accompanied by the Vice Minister of Institutional Management, Walter Borja, and the Vice Minister of Pedagogical Management, Juan Navarro.
During his presentation, the head of the Ministry of Education (Minedu) indicated that the educational system will have 272,826 appointed teachers and 87,868 contracted teachers, who will guarantee pedagogical coverage when students from public schools return to the classrooms.
Likewise, he highlighted the advances in connectivity. Currently, 14,607 public educational facilities have internet access, which benefits more than 4.4 million students. In addition, Minedu is in the process of contracting internet service for 500 additional educational institutions in the Loreto region, with the aim of expanding digital coverage in areas with greater gaps.
As part of the conditions for a Good Start of the School Year, the sector is also promoting actions to guarantee basic services in schools; among them, the provision of safe water, the cleaning of elevated tanks and the chlorination of water.
In relation to educational infrastructure, the minister explained that the country faces a structural problem accumulated over decades, which has increased the gap to 171 billion soles. Currently, more than 26,000 public schools serving one million two hundred thousand students have structural defects. To address this situation, Minedu has transferred 295 million soles for preventive maintenance in 55,000 educational facilities nationwide.
In parallel, the participation of the private sector is being promoted through the works-for-taxes mechanism, with 34 educational infrastructure projects in execution, which represent an investment of more than 1,500 million soles and will benefit more than 109,000 students. In addition, 15 projects have already been completed in 10 regions of the country; among them, 5 High Performance Schools (COAR) in Ancash, Moquegua, Tacna, Ica and Piura.
Regarding the provision of educational materials, Minister Castillo reported that 100% of these, corresponding to the year 2026, have already been sent to the regional directorates of Education, UGEL and COAR throughout the national territory. This delivery includes more than 13 million units, whose final distribution to educational institutions will be carried out by the UGEL before the start of the school year.
When addressing the issue of access to school vacancies, he pointed out that, in general terms, the supply of vacancies in public educational institutions covers the existing demand; However, he explained that many parents want their children to study in schools closer to their homes or in institutions that they consider to be of better quality compared to other available alternatives.
The head of the sector also reported on the reengineering of the Beca 18 program, aimed at implementing a new model that prioritizes the training of professionals according to the needs of the country and strengthens academic merit, in order to overcome the welfare approach applied in previous stages. In this framework, the appointment of a new executive president of the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec) was also announced.
Finally, in terms of school security, he indicated that his sector has coordinated actions with the Ministry of the Interior to protect educational communities. The measures include intersectoral agreements for the formation of school brigades, the Safe Schools strategy and the implementation of the panic button to guarantee a real-time response from the National Police of Peru in cases of threats that affect educational institutions.
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