Bukele Promises 8% of GDP for Education Amid Criticism of Militarization and Police Raids in Schools

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Nayib Bukele took a mass bath in front of some 30,000 high school students in El Salvador to announce his new education policy. The president promised that his government will distribute 50,000 scholarships and invest $3 billion a year in education, a figure equivalent to 8% of GDP and almost a third of the Central American country’s budget. The magnitude of the announcement, however, contrasts with doubts about its financial viability and the p…