Government of CDMX contemplates budget increase for the Well-being Scholarship for girls and boys

Derived from the fact that the draft of the Economic Package 2023 for Mexico CityThe head of government of the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, announced that next year there will be 7,500 million pesos for the Welfare Scholarship for boys and girls.

At a press conference, the capital’s president explained that this amount includes the support of school supplies and uniforms in the summer, as well as the La Escuela es Nuestra program.

In addition, it means an increase in resources compared to 2022, since 6,000 million pesos were allocated for this year.

The announcement of the head of Government also coincides in that the reforms to the Constitution of Mexico City were published in the local Official Gazette, so that the Welfare Scholarship for infants and The School is Ours are rights.

With this, an annual budget amount is determined and that cannot be decreased in real terms with respect to what has been assigned in the immediately preceding fiscal year.

“The Official Gazette also establishes as a right the budget allocation of the La Escuela es Nuestra program and details that in each fiscal year the educational establishments of basic public education in Mexico City will have the budget determined by the local Congress, in order to dignify the conditions of the properties, which will be exercised with the participation of the fathers and mothers of the family”, the subnational authority deepened.

According to Government of Mexico CityThese programs seek to support parents to meet their children’s basic needs, such as food, clothing, and footwear.

Also, from the report Evaluation of public education policies in Mexico City of the Social Development Evaluation Council of the capital, due to the implementation of this program, it was possible to reduce the dropout rate of students from basic level public schools in the capital during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Program My Scholarship to Start it benefits 1.2 million girls and boys who attend basic education. In almost four years it has received a budget increase of 70%, currently 500 pesos are granted for preschool, 550 pesos for primary and secondary students, as well as 600 pesos for Multiple Attention Centers.

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