Santos vows to invest $1.75B in schools to improve sub-standard public education
Santos vows to invest $1.75B in schools to improve sub-standard public education
Posted by Emma Rosser on Jun 5, 2015
Colombia’s President Juan Manual Santos on Thursday announced his administration will invest $1.75 billion to improve Colombia’s education system.
The money will reportedly go to building and adapting more than 30,000 classrooms, or 1,500 schools, Santos claims committing to a deadline of four years.
The president called this initiative “the most ambitious investment in the construction and improvement of schools in the history of Colombia.”
This project from the National Social Policy Council (CONPES) is a part of the Program to Promote Productivity and Employment, or PIPE 2.0, which seeks to create over 300,000 jobs for Colombia and boast the country’s economy that has seen growth cooling down amid dropping fossil fuel prices.
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