By Nono Barahona. March 27, 2017
The 16 are starting this year their university lives after getting the city's highest scores on the test to be eligible for a university curriculum.
In Chile classes typically begin in March.
There is a consensus in Chile about how low quality public education is. Therefore for a student to make it to university after graduating from public education is a feat in and of itself.
In a television interview on March 24, Mayor Chamorro cited his student days as motivation for giving his salary away.
Waking up very early in the morning to commute long hours to arrive at the classroom, skipping lunches and meals, verbal abuse by public transportation drivers, and saving your last penny for photocopies were staples on his daily agenda, he said in the interview, mirroring the daily life of many university students from low income families.
In a country where the police is currently in the whirlwind of an embezzlement scandal, and many high-profile politicians have been involved in corruption scandals over the last two years, a mayor giving his monthly salary away to low income students is a breath of fresh air and an example for others to follow.
SANTIAGO, Chile. Familiar with the plight of students from low income families, Boris Chamorro, 33, the Mayor of Coronel, a city located 466 kilometers south west of the capital Santiago, decided to donate his monthly salary to 16 students who graduated from public high schools in the city, according to a TV news report.
The 16 are starting this year their university lives after getting the city's highest scores on the test to be eligible for a university curriculum.
In Chile classes typically begin in March.
There is a consensus in Chile about how low quality public education is. Therefore for a student to make it to university after graduating from public education is a feat in and of itself.
In a television interview on March 24, Mayor Chamorro cited his student days as motivation for giving his salary away.
Waking up very early in the morning to commute long hours to arrive at the classroom, skipping lunches and meals, verbal abuse by public transportation drivers, and saving your last penny for photocopies were staples on his daily agenda, he said in the interview, mirroring the daily life of many university students from low income families.
In a country where the police is currently in the whirlwind of an embezzlement scandal, and many high-profile politicians have been involved in corruption scandals over the last two years, a mayor giving his monthly salary away to low income students is a breath of fresh air and an example for others to follow.
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