SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 2 (PRESS EUROPE)
Last December, the Cabildo de La Gomera closed the application period for scholarships and transport aid for university students, baccalaureate students and professional training students studying outside the island, as well as those enrolled in Erasmus programmes, according to informed the president of the island institute, Casimiro Curbelo, who explained that 722 applications have been received and are already being processed.
Casimiro Curbelo recalled that the initial budget allocated for this purpose exceeds, for the first time, one million euros to provide for all the modalities contemplated in this new tender. “We continue our efforts to strengthen the aid directly to the economy of students and their families, since these amounts are complementary to the scholarships of other administrations”, he underlined.
For her part, the island’s Minister of Education, Rosa Elena García, stressed that the application processing phase is already underway, as is the procedure for requesting the necessary documentation. “For this reason, we urge Gomeran’s students to remain alert to the notification channels they provided in their application, in order to expedite the process,” she added.
In this announcement, applicants will receive an additional allowance of 300 euros equal to the monthly cost of the transport voucher. So that not only those who train in Tenerife and Gran Canaria can benefit from the measure, but also those who train in other parts of the country or in the European Union.
As regards the methods of study, students up to the age of 30 who train in university centers outside the Canary Islands, in person, will receive 1,400 euros, plus 300 euros for transport, for a total of 1,700 euros. In the case of university studies on the islands, the amount will be 1,200 euros, which, added to the transport aid, reaches 1,500 euros.
The face-to-face studies of baccalaureate and vocational training that are carried out outside La Gomera because they are not taught on the island have a postage of 700 euros per student, in addition to transport aid, which is 1,000 euros. In the meantime, those who do it in La Gomera and are not entitled to the transfer service to the school residence will have 400 euros. Finally, university studies not in presence, Baccalaureate or Professional Training, have a shipment of 500 euros.
In the case of Erasmus and global mobility, the Cabildo grants a monthly allowance of 200 euros, up to a maximum of 1,800 euros, which varies according to the length of the course chosen by each student. For students who join the Sicue program, the monthly deposit is 150 euros per month, up to a maximum of 1,350 euros.
