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The Minister of Science, Andres Couve, confirmed in Speaking of what did they decided suspend applications for the Chile Scholarships for the year 2021.
In conversation with Cooperative, the authority took stock of the first anniversary of the Ministry of Science, and explained how the portfolio has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
“By 2021 there will be no calls for Chile Scholarships, but there will be all the support for the Chile Scholarships that are already underway, that is, all those students who are currently in Becas Chile will be able to continue“, assured the minister.
“We are facing a very complex budgetary scenario,” he lamented. where there is a fiscal deficit, economic recession, there are many needs in economic matters, on social issues, and the 2021 budget has been established as a budget for employment and the reactivation (…) We have had to make decisions that are difficult“.
“We made this decision within the framework of budget difficultiesCouve reaffirmed.
