65% of students do not know how to apply for financing options and only 4% know how to access free education.
Disinformation about educational financing is present in the minds of high school graduates. This was evidenced by the Luksic Foundation in its latest study of the program “Aspirations about the Future”, seeking to make an x-ray of the main concerns of students.
With the guidelines of the Higher Education Financing (FES) project, which will put an end to the CAE, in full debate and a new admission process getting closer and closer, future higher education students are in a moment full of doubts and where they have to make big decisions.
In this regard, the Luksic Foundation shared the results of the new version of the study “Aspirations about the Future”, which in the first semester of this year surveyed more than 48 thousand fourth-grade students from professional technical establishments throughout the country. “What we seek with this analysis is to make visible the concerns of students in order to support them in their decision making to enter higher education,” says Fernanda Orellana, Director of Education at the Luksic Foundation.
The intention to study is clear, and in this sense, 91% of those surveyed state that they want to enter higher education in the next two years, driven by determining factors such as interest in the area of study (liking for the career), the tuition fee and the projected salary upon graduation. However, they have major concerns, among which are being able to meet the necessary requirements to enter the program, pay the expenses associated with their studies, and finance the tuition and fees.
In large part, these concerns are linked to the lack of information on these processes, where 63% know very little about financing opportunities and 65% do not know how to apply for them. In addition, only 4% say they know the requirements to access free education.
“Having this type of X-rays helps us to understand what concerns students have and where we need to focus our programs. In this type of decision, it is important that they can have all the necessary information at hand, always trusting in their skills and knowledge to improve their life trajectories,” says the director of the Luksic Foundation’s Education area.
