This Wednesday the Ministry of Social Development began to pay the Bonus for School Achievement to more than 220 thousand students who are within the 30% of the best academic performance of their class, They attend between fifth grade and fourth grade and belong to the 30% most vulnerable.
In total they are 222,299 students up to 24 years of age belonging to 203,182 families who will receive the benefit.
The School Achievement Bonus is part of the Subsystem of Securities and Opportunities of the Ethical Family Income.
The amount to be delivered to students with academic excellence during the 2019 academic year is:
– $ 62,350: for 109,801 students who are within the best 15% performance.
– $ 37,412: for 112,498 students who are between the 15% and 30% of better performance.
the Undersecretary of Social Services, Sebastián Villarreal, highlighted that “This is an award for self-effort. We know that in many of these homes there are difficult situations of vulnerability and that is why it is essential to recognize the merit of reaching the top of the ranking of scores of more than 220 thousand children and young people ”.
The benefit payments are made through bank deposits to a RUT Account of the father, mother or guardian of the student, according to the registration in the Social Registry of Households.
Students can check if the benefit corresponds to them through the website or by clicking here.
On the page, the consultant’s RUT, his date of birth is entered and the system will inform if there is an assigned benefit, as well as the amount and date of payment.
