The figure is equivalent to 15 percent of the national enrollment and could be increased.
The Peruvian Ministry of Education announced that nearly 300.000 children had to leave schools this year due to the need to work, and the difficulties in accessing virtual classes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic
Although the country promoted several online programs, the high labor informality led thousands of Peruvian adults and children to challenge confinement to earn a living.
Similarly, the poverty in which the population lives deprived thousands of students of access to computers and the Internet for virtual teaching, despite the resources distributed by educational instances.
According to estimates by the Sutep teachers’ union, the figures suggest that more than one million students will drop out of school this year “because they cannot access remote education.”
The Government ruled out resuming face-to-face classes in 2020, but announced that in the summer holidays there will be a leveling program for students who were late or dropped out of school. At the same time, the program “I learn at home” is promoted to teach classes through television, radio and the Internet.
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