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Students and parents across Peru have rejected the government’s announcement of scholarship reductions, warning that thousands of young people living in poverty will be left without access to vocational training. Demonstrators are demanding that the new administration of José Balcázar allocate the necessary funds to fulfill its promise of awarding 20,000 scholarships. The measure has sparked widespread concern among families who see education as a vital path out of poverty, and pressure is mounting on the government to reverse the decision and guarantee opportunities for vulnerable youth.

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00:00Meanwhile in Peru, students and parents reject the announcement about the reduction in scholarships that will lead thousands of young
00:06people living in poverty without vocational training.
00:10They are therefore demanding the new government of José Balcazar to allocate the necessary funds to fulfill its promise to
00:17award 20,000 scholarships.
00:23A recent resolution issued by the dismissed Joseheri has prompted students and parents to redouble their demands for guarantees that
00:34subsidies from the BK18 program will be maintained.
00:39There are 97,000 applicants who are in limbo waiting for their results.
00:45They have particularly had their dreams taken away from them.
00:49They are the bastard.
00:50This is how the Geri government has left them.
00:53One day before leaving office, he signed the ministerial resolution that leaves only around 2,000 scholarships of 20,000
01:00for 90,000 young people.
01:02This is how the Geri government politicians are treating our young people.
01:05A few days before the start of university classes, they demand that the government of José Balcazar fulfill the 20
01:16,000 scholarships promised since the Ministry of Education announced that it will only award half of them.
01:27The people, the young people need scholarships to get out of poverty, to be able to increase the country's GDP
01:34and thus the government will collect more revenue.
01:37Meaning that the scholarship is not an expense, it is an investment.
01:42That is why not only this government, which is now coming to an end, but also the next one and
01:48the next one and the next one need to know.
01:49They need to invest in education in the young people of Peru, to have a better country, a worthy country,
01:55a prosperous country, a better Peru.
01:59While Congress has allocated a budget of nearly 550 million dollars, students denounce the lack of prioritization that threatens access
02:10to education for the country's poorest.
02:16The Ministry of Education should take charge. The Ministry of Economy and Finance should take charge.
02:23The comptroller's office should do something about everything that is happening and the budget should be allocated as promised from
02:29the outset.
02:30Because we know that this is the congressman. As the public officials who earn a lot of money, who continue
02:36to increase their salaries,
02:37who continue to allocate all the state's money, the citizens' money, to other totally absurd issues.
02:44What we need most now is for them to give priority to the country's youth.
02:49Today, Pronavec has not published the list of pre-selected candidates, leaving approximately 100.000 applicants in uncertainty.
03:01Our parents are calling for the political will to be funded so that the new executive.
03:07The new president, Mr. José Balcazar, is able to issue an emergency decree through the Ministry of Economy and Finance
03:13to cover the 700 million soles.
03:16Also, if they say there is no budget, there are 30 billion soles that meaning companies have been owing for
03:24more than 15 years.
03:25Then soon add, they are holding political class and congressmen shall enforce this collection from these companies that are really
03:32becoming multimigrant but do not pay their taxes.
03:37In the face of the executive's continued inability to act, students and parents announced that they will continue to fight
03:46in the streets to defend the education of the poorest young people.
03:50From Lima, Paratele Sur, Ramiro Angulo Maquiavelo.
03:54From Lima, Paratele Sur, Ramiro Angulo Maquiavelo.
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