The event will take place at the Pedro Molina School, in the department of Chimaltenango, with the participation of the President, the head of the Government’s Planning and Programming Secretariat, Carlos Mendoza explained.

Those to begin studies in higher education institutionsTwill have the respective academic, economic and emotional support for their growth, the official said.

We also contemplate the possibility of supporting those who were already pursuing their careers, but for economic reasons had to leave and start working, he added.

There will be three types of scholarships: undergraduate, undergraduate or technical university degrees, postgraduate, which can be in Guatemala or abroad, and vocational technical courses.

Mendoza emphasized that there will be three calls for applications per year, the first possibly on April 1, the longest, with a duration of two months, and then others in July and November of this year.

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