Colombia, Education Subsidies Are Not Going To Poorest Students

•Miguel Prado, director of the Anticorruption office of the Presidency, verified that in the Soacha municipality, there were irregularities amounting to about 28 billion pesos a year.
•The report from rcnradio.com calls it a “carrousel of subsidies” in which funds do not go to the students who most need them.
•Double registration of students and reports of nonexistent students have contributed to this problem.
•Schools of lower categories such as category D schools are continuing to receive subsidies despite the lack of authorization.
•Authorities including the Attorney General of Colombia are investigating possible links between these schools and the politicians and councilors of Soacha. Read Article

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