The Institution resolves a first batch of 647 requests, which represents an amount of 630,000 euros, while the remaining 187 requests will be processed once the administrative restrictions of the State of Alarm are lifted.
Curbelo recalls that this year student support items increased by 9% and reached 2 million euros
The president of the Cabildo of La Gomera, Casimiro Curbelo, reported, this Friday, the payment of 647 study aid corresponding to the applications submitted, whose documentation was complete and, therefore, could complete its processing. In total, 630,000 euros have been paid to Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and university students, who are studying both in the Canary Islands and in other parts of the national territory.
A total of 187 requests are pending the lifting of the State of Alarm, to continue with the documentation requirements and culminate with the resolution. “This is a second scholarship package that, due to the current conditions, has not been able to be resolved,” he explained, before highlighting the 2% increase made this year by the Council in the amounts directed to the study, which reach 2 million euros.
By groups of beneficiaries, 33 of them are university students studying outside the Canary Islands. 42,900 euros have been dedicated to these. In the same modality, but within the islands, the students receiving the scholarship reach 440 with a total amount of 484,000 euros.
As for those who study Baccalaureate and Vocational Training outside the island, the scholarships awarded are 164 and the amount is 98,400 euros. Meanwhile, transportation aid for those who carry out their studies more than 15 kilometers from their reference center within La Gomera, 9 requests have been attended to, for an amount of 3,600 euros.
Other aids
The Cabildo allocates 225,500 euros to transport aid; 200,000 euros for textbooks; For the transport voucher the amount is 300,000 euros. Regarding the agreements with the Canarian universities, they are 150,000 euros and 36,000 with the UNED.
