📋 Tender Overview
50.4 % of the selected young people belonging to an indigenous or original people are women. 66 % of the new fellows chose to study at universities and institutes of Lima.In the first moment of scholarship 18-2025, a total of 10 672 Peruvians from all regions of the country won one of the integral scholarships that will allow them to study a professional career and change their vulnerability situation. Of this group of winners, the fourth part belongs to a peasant community, an Amazonian native community or are Afro -Peruvian, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the inclusive policies of the National Scholarships and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec), of the Ministry of Education.
Scholarship 2025 will deliver 20,000 scholarships in total, with an investment of S/ 1 360 794. In the first moment of the contest more than half of these scholarships were already awarded. Most of the first winners come mainly from Lima, Ayacucho, Cusco, Junin, Puno and Huanuco. They will study in 121 universities, institutes and higher, public and private schools in the country.
Pronabec recognizes the diversity of Peru
The pronabec highlights that one in four of the first winners of scholarships 18-2025 are part of a town originally recognized by the Ministry of Culture. This group of 2483 Peruvians come from 145 provinces from all regions of the country.
Of this group, 1498 belong to a native community, 785, to an Amazonian native community and 200 are part of the Afro -Peruvian population. 66 % of them chose to study at universities and institutes in Lima the careers of human medicine, civil engineering, law, business administration and nursing. His election implied a process of migration to the capital; Therefore, the pronabec gives them socio -emotional and well -being support to ensure permanence in their studies.
Also, 60 % of the beneficiaries live in extreme poverty and 30 % in poverty. Now, thanks to the integral scholarship they won, they can improve their life and study without worries.
Precisely, the Evaluation of the impact of scholarships 18, carried out by the Ministry of Education, reveals that Scholarship 18 improves educational opportunities for rural students, who have historically faced greater barriers to access higher education. The rate of rural students enrolled was 62 %, while in urban students it was 49 %, a difference of 13 percentage points.
In the last 13 calls, more than 86,000 Peruvians have been benefited by Scholarship 18, to study a professional career with all expenses paid by the State. This scholarship is aligned with the inclusive orientation of the Social Pact for Education, promoted by Minedu, which has the purpose of promoting equal opportunities for the benefit of the countrys development. For more information, you can check the official website www.gob.pe/pronabec, call the free line 080 00 00 18 or write to the institutional WhatsApp 914 121 106.
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