Overview
- The Ministry of Education announced it is designing a new Beca COAR to recognize and develop the highest‑performing students from the Colegios de Alto Rendimiento (COAR).
- The announcement came during Education Minister José Antonio Chang’s supervisory visit to the Colegio Mayor Secundario Presidente de la República (COAR Lima) in Huampaní, where students demonstrated award‑winning robotics projects.
- Officials framed the scholarship as part of a merit‑based policy to improve educational quality and expand opportunities for talented youth across Peru.
- Key program details — including eligibility rules, the number of recipients, funding sources and rollout timing — have not yet been released by Minedu.
- COARs are a state‑subsidized network of about 25 selective secondary schools that pair the national curriculum with the International Baccalaureate Diploma to help students access national and international universities.