Overview
- The Executive published Decreto Supremo N.° 017-2026-MINEDU on Thursday, September 24, 2026, formally changing Pronabec’s regulation and putting the new rules into force.
- Access and retention standards rise: applicants must be in the top third of their comparison group to win a scholarship and postgraduate candidates must have ranked at least in the top fifth during undergraduate studies.
- A new loss‑of‑benefit rule removes support if a beneficiary fails the same or different courses twice during the funded period and also strips scholarships for a failing weighted average in any academic term.
- Postgraduate beneficiaries face stronger financial and access penalties: losing a postgrad scholarship can trigger repayment of academic and non‑academic costs for the last semester and a two‑year bar on applying to state scholarships or credits.
- The decree prioritizes funding for careers tied to national priorities and employability, defines which costs Pronabec may pay, includes transitional protections for current awardees, and will be implemented from Pronabec’s institutional budget while provoking protests from some beneficiaries.