Overview
- National outlets report that 65 students from Colegio Juventud Científica passed the Universidad Nacional del Callao’s December admission exam.
- Seventeen entrants ranked at the top of their programs, including 3 first places, 6 seconds, 3 thirds and 5 fourths.
- Among the cohort are primary-schoolers, with 10-year-old Liam Vilcapoma entering Mathematics after earlier admissions to UNTELS and UNFV.
- The director says classrooms are organized by target university and the approach includes oratory courses, specialist psychology support and the motto, “El estudio es un deporte que utiliza libros.”
- The outcome is prompting debate in Peru over early talent identification, differentiated support for high performers and the role of national universities.