📋 Tender Overview
53,000 Regular Basic Education educational establishments will reopen their doors100% of the educational material that will be delivered free of charge to schoolchildren has already been shipped to all regions
More than six million students from public schools across the country will return to the classrooms this Monday, March 16, at the start of the 2026 school year, reported the Minister of Education, Erfurt Castillo.
Minister Castillo specified that a total of 53,631 Regular Basic Education educational facilities will reopen their doors to welcome 6,225,000 students.
He noted that, in order to condition these premises and leave them ready for the return of students and teachers, the Ministry of Education (Minedu) allocated S/295 million for their preventive maintenance, work that was carried out in the months of January and February.
Likewise, in coordination with regional and local authorities, the Minedu attended to the educational facilities that were affected in some way by intense rains, river floods, landslides, landslides and other natural phenomena that occurred in recent weeks.
As part of the preparations for the Good Start of the 2026 School Year, Minedu completed the shipment of 100% of the educational material that will be delivered free of charge to students in public schools, and which includes 13,121,460 units, corresponding to 431 titles/items prepared with an investment of 42.9 million soles.
These materials were timely dispatched to the 26 regional directorates of Education (DRE), the 225 local educational management units (UGEL) and the 25 COARs that operate throughout the national territory.
Of the total educational material in the 2026 allocation, 820,797 units of 271 titles are aimed at educational institutions of Bilingual Intercultural Education and have been prepared in 32 native languages, such as Quechua, Awajun, Aymara, Ashaninka, Shipibo-Konibo, Shawi, Wampis, Asheninka, Kukama Kukamiria, among others.
The 2026 endowment includes 3,458 units that correspond to 87 titles, which are materials intended for inclusive education. These materials include stories, alphabets and flashcards adapted to the Braille system, as well as musical instruments and electronic equipment.
On the other hand, regarding the security of the educational community, Minedu signed an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior (Mininter), which establishes cooperation mechanisms to guarantee safe educational environments through preventive programs of the National Police of Peru and joint school security actions.
Minister Castillo pointed out that everything is ready for the Good Start of the 2026 School Year and stated that, despite the inconveniences that occurred in some educational establishments, the Minedu has made great efforts so that the children and young people of the country have adequate study conditions, because education is a national priority.
