He pResident Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He explained, in his Latest Government Reportthat during his six-year term the Universities for Wellbeing Benito Juarez Garcia (UBBJ) They registered 3,299 graduates.
“The creation of educational spaces in communities far from the country’s main population centers has had a significant impact on the lives of students as well as the communities that host them. Up to this point 3,299 professionals have graduated of the different careers that promote the well-being of their families and environments,” was published in the document that the Secretary of the Interior, Luisa María Alcalde, delivered today to the Chamber of Deputies.
In total, the federal Executive counted 85 thousand students from the UBBJ, including new students and re-enrolled studentsIn 2023, 62,775 students were registered.
Of the students, 69 percent are women; 70 percent are dependent on their families. 73 percent of the studentsthe scholarship they receive is their means of support.
The text stated that in five and a half yearswhich is the effective period of activities, for which Universities of Welfare were allocated a budget of 7 thousand 046 million pesos and did not record underspending.
“The resources are allocated to the Installation, equipment and operation of the headquarters; as well as the incorporation of teaching collaborators. It is worth mentioning that the operating expenses do not exceed 1 percent of the budget each year, since the organic structure operates with only 15 people,” it was reported.
How many courses are there at the Universities for Wellbeing?
Until June 2024, they were established UBBJ educational centers in 202 locations across the countrywhich recorded 37 races belonging to the areas of health; historical and cultural heritage; agro-food processes; forest care; engineering for energy; the environment; administrative studies; legal studies; and social studies.
The 37 study plans and programs that apply the UBBJ are registered in the General Directorate of Professions of the SEP and the 90 health career plans have the Academic Technical Opinion (OTA) of the Interinstitutional Commission for the Training of Human Resources for Health (CIFRHS).
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In the Sixth Government Report it was recorded that among the main achievements of the program are that the Universities for Wellbeing are a free and public option for higher education unprecedented in regions of medium, high and very high marginalization.