The National Institute for Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) Supervises compliance with standards in different sectors, including educational. As part of their functions, regulates the rights of consumers and sanctions acts that violate current regulations.
In 2024, the room specialized in consumer protection of INDECOPI He resolved that private schools must grant comprehensive scholarships to students who meet a specific requirement. In this case, he determined that the Cambridge College Lima SAC school did not grant the benefit to two students after the death of his father, so he ordered his granting and reimbursement of the payments made by the mother from the date of the death.
INDECOPI grants comprehensive scholarships: What are the requirements for the standard to apply?
For the 2025 school year, private schools must comply with the willingness to grant comprehensive scholarships to students who have been orphans of their parents or guardians responsible for their support, as established in the Law 23585. This measure seeks to ensure the educational continuity of minors in vulnerability.
In this regard, the regulations stipulate that students have the right to access a comprehensive scholarship in cases of death, permanent disability or internment by court order of the father, mother or attorney. This benefit covers all of the academic costsincluding tuition, pensionsExams and study certificates. For its granting, it is necessary to prove the loss of economic livelihood and demonstrate the lack of resources to continue the studies.
In what cases could the scholarship be suspended?
According to current regulations, the integral scholarship can be suspended in cases of low academic performance or student misconduct. Likewise, the definitive loss of benefit occurs if the student is expelled from the educational institution.
In the face of the violation of this and other rights in the private education sector, INDECOPI It makes available various attention channels, such as Email Sacreclamo@indecopi.gob.pe, the virtual claims platform (https://enlinea.indecopi.gob.pe/reclamavirtual/#/) and the telephone numbers 224-7777 in Lima and 0800-4-4040 in provinces.
What is Indecopi?
He National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) is a public institution of Peru in charge of promoting loyal competition, protecting consumer rights and regulate intellectual property in the country.
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