The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The National Scholarship Fund (FONABE) aims to provide 11,000 more scholarships for 2015.
In 2014, the organization awarded scholarships to 179,000 low-income students across the country. Next year, they intend to give out 190,000 scholarships.
The budget allocated to FONABE socio-economic aid next year will be around ยข52 billion.
This figure is the same as was budgeted for 2014; however, this year they offered fewer scholarships due to the cancellation of 6,000 scholarships that had been granted illegally.
The Fund provides monthly financial assistance ranging from ยข17,000 to ยข80,000, according to the program that the grant holder belongs to. (Amelia Rueda)
The Costa Rica News (TCRN)
San Jose, Costa Rica