There is a fund above $700,000 for college scholarships this year in the Legislative Assembly budget.
Since Friday, low-income Salvadorans can apply to the university scholarship program “Dagoberto Gutiérrez” funded by the Legislative Assembly.
The “Goldoberto Gutiérrez Scholarship Program at the national level 2024-2027” was approved on September 17 after criticism on social networks for the budget allocated to each deputy for his staff. By 2024, $792,000 was allocated that were originally intended for the salaries of the employees of the deputies.
The president of the Legislative, Ernesto Castro, encouraged from his X account the students to apply to the scholarships from this Friday, November 15. “This is your opportunity to meet your academic goals and become the agent of change that El Salvador needs,” Castro published.
Steps to follow
- Enter the address.asamblea.gob.sv.
- Check the requirements and documents you must submit for a full scholarship with the participating universities of the program.
- The application form is completely digital, once started, you have five days to complete all the information requested in it.
- If you need help completing the form, you can receive guidance from the scholarship office at the top level of the Dr. and Pbro Library building. Isidro Menéndez, in the Legislative Cultural Civic Center, located between the Alameda John Paul II and 3rd Street Poniente.
Basic requirements
To be a baccalaureate, of scarce resources and to come from communities affected in the past by violence, want to study higher education, have good qualifications and especially unwanted ones to overcome. The form is now ready online in scholarship.asemblea.gob.sv.
This article has been translated after appearing in Diario El Mundo