This unprecedented meeting was convened by the Student Welfare Department of the DGAE.

With the aim of greater coordination between the various entities related to the socioeconomic accreditation of students, the University of La Serena held a meeting in which the social departments of the different municipalities participated, as well as the SECREDUC Region of Coquimbo. The meeting, held in the Ignacio Domeyko Campus, was valued by those attending.

In this sense, the representative of SECREDUC of the Coquimbo Region, the deputy coordinator of Higher Education, Pablo Espinoza, expressed his recognition of the initiative. "First of all, congratulate the University of La Serena because it is the first time that in the region we have the opportunity to talk, the Ministry of Education, the University and the social departments that have a fundamental role in the accreditation process, social reports , to deliver the benefits to the students. Our interest is to deliver all the benefits and therefore we appreciate the opportunity that the University has given us," he stressed.

Likewise, Katherine Ardiles, from the Antena Municipal Delegation, valued the opportunity for coordination and dialogue. "I think that from now on there will be more coordination from the municipality with the University on the issue of scholarships (...), these instances are good to unite criteria and reach a consensus like the one reached now," he said.

Meanwhile, Patricia Astroza, coordinator of the Department of Student Welfare of the University of La Serena, expressed that “at the initiative of our University, the Department of Student Welfare, we coordinated with SECREDUC, the Department of Education, to convene the departments of the municipalities of the region and this has a direct relationship with how we support ourselves for the socioeconomic accreditations that allow access to benefits, student aid, scholarships or solidarity funds for young people who enter the University and come from all the communes", he explained. 

Finally, Astroza pointed out that it hopes that this initiative continues to gain strength and consolidate over time. "It is the first time that this meeting has happened and we hope to continue consolidating this work network in the future, with the Ministry of Education and of course with governmental and non-governmental bodies that support the process," he concluded. 

Source: DGAE Press