Overview
- This week the Ministry of Education presented the Plan Nacional de Educación 2026–2031 to Congress, setting a goal that every secondary graduate will leave school with a certified trade by 2031.
- The ministry plans to refocus state scholarships toward productive sectors and projects awarding 20,000 scholarships in 2027 for fields such as agrarian, mining, ports and high‑technology.
- Minedu announced short‑term infrastructure targets including upgraded equipment in 124 technical secondary schools by 2027 to benefit about 126,627 students.
- The plan seeks rapid modular classroom expansion with a target of 150 modular schools by July 2027 and 2,000 over five years, and it requests 300 million soles plus 1,500 prefabricated classrooms for El Niño preparedness.
- The minister asked Congress to consider a five‑year moratorium on new public universities and proposed that licensed universities create temporary branches while curriculum changes remove ideological framings and expand basic connectivity for schools.