Payment Facilities
Middle Class Protection Plan 1: Exceptional application process for the higher education credit (Plan de Protección Clase Media 1: Proceso excepcional de postulación al crédito para la educación superior)
Date announced
7/5/2020
Date of last update
5/31/2022
Description
Students will be able to apply for a higher education credit. This is aimed for the 90% most vulnerable, whose income has dropped, as well as for students without scholarships or who do not receive free education.
Official Sources
Prensa Presidencia de Chile (07-05-20). 'Presidente Piñera anuncia plan de protección para la clase media con beneficios en vivienda, educación y financieros: “Necesita seguridades y oportunidades para el futuro”'. [https://prensa.presidencia.cl/comunicado.aspx?id=153015]
Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (07-06-20). 'Ministros Monckeberg y Rubilar entregan detalles del Plan de Protección de Clase Media'. [http://www.desarrollosocialyfamilia.gob.cl/noticias/ministros-monckeberg-y-rubilar-entregan-detalles-del-plan-de-proteccion-de-clase-media].
Gobierno de Chile (visto el 07-10-20). 'Plan de Protección Clase Media'. [https://www.gob.cl/proteccionclasemedia/]
Characteristics of the measure
Type of measure
Payment facilities (6)
Sphere
Access to education (5)
Target population
The 90% most vulnerable population whose income has dropped. In addition, students without scholarships or who do not receive free education. (1) (14)
Informed coverage
130,000 students