US EditionPresident of the House Asks the Government Not to Include Age Limit to University Free in Mega-Reform: “It’s a Mistake”
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When the official thought that the issue was contained and the differences remained in the internal one, the discussion for the university gratuity ended up climbing publicly and tensioning the sector. This, after the versions opposed within the government itself on the possibility of limiting the benefit according to age, which generated discomfort on the right. A few hours after the location of his sector, the minister of the General Secretari…
A few days after the entry of the National Reconstruction Plan project into Congress, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Jorge Alessandri (UDI), asked the government to make some adjustments to the initiative. Specifically, the leader of the Corporation asked to remove the limit of access to free education in higher education by age, a measure that finally, although it was not mentioned in the national chain by President José Antonio Kast…
The government of the ultra-rightist José Antonio Kast announced on Thursday that university free will have restrictions, within the framework of the mega legislative project to boost the economy.
The government intended that Chileans could only access free higher education until 12 years after graduating from high school.
The minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, José García Ruminot, confirmed this Friday in Valparaíso that “we had a meeting yesterday afternoon, with Minister Jorge Quiroz and Claudio Alvarado and I can inform you that limiting free admission to over 30 years of age is not going to be in this initiative.” Thus, the Secretary of State resolved one of the most important questions that existed about a possible limitation on the acces…
The Chilean government settled the controversy about university gratuity and confirmed that the benefit will remain for over 30 years. The clarification came from the minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (Segpres), José García Ruminot, after contradictory statements from other portfolios. Initially, the possibility of restricting gratuity in higher education, linked to an announcement about the “Reconstruction Plan” had slipped.…
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