Icetex announced the opening of the call for forgivable (non-refundable) credits for studies at a technical, professional, technological and university level for victims of the armed conflict who reside in the city of Bogotá, which will be open until January 10.
This thanks to the resources of the Repair Fund for Access, Permanence and Graduation in Higher Education, which will help provide this line of credit that students will not have to pay if they meet certain requirements.
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People included in the Sole Registry of Victims (RUV) or be recognized as such in the Land Restitution processes, Justice and Peace judgments, or Special Peace Jurisdiction may apply to this call.
What does the Fund finance?
People who are selected within the call will be able to access a forgivable credit to cover tuition fees (up to 11 current legal monthly minimum wages – smmlv) and support costs (up to 1.5 smmlv) on a semi-annual basis. Students will be able to access this credit from any academic semester they are studying, at the technical, professional, technological or university level as of the first semester of 2021.
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The forgiveness of this credit will be granted to those who complete their study program and obtain the academic title of the program that was financed. The selection to grant the number of credits to be assigned will be made in accordance with the availability of resources by the constituents of the Fund.
Dates
Registration will be open until January 10, 2021. The publication of the selected students will be on February 2. Likewise, between February 9 and 23, the applicant must legalize the credit on the Icetex online platform.
There will be a group of applicants who will appear on the waiting list with the publication of the first result. The final results of these people will be published on February 25, 2021 so that they can carry out the legalization between March 2 and 16.
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Requirements
This call is aimed at the victim population that meets the following requirements:
• Be a Colombian citizen.
• For this Bogotá Chapter, the applicant must reside in the Capital District.
• Not have additional financial support from another entity or other organizations for undergraduate studies.
• Not have a university degree.
• Be included in the Sole Registry of Victims (RUV) or be recognized as a victim in the Judgments of Justice and Peace, Land Restitution or Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
• The identity document of registration for the call must coincide with the one registered in the RUV.
• Be admitted, in the process of admission or studying, in a Higher Education Institution in Bogotá recognized by the Ministry of National Education.
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• Have taken the Saber 11 test or the equivalent state test.
• Be a bachelor.
• Have your own email.
• Register through www.icetex.gov.co, on the dates and under the established conditions.
To keep in mind
• The period to be taken by the applicants is the one corresponding to 2021-1, so the applications must be for that period.
• The benefit of the forgivable credit is not retroactive, this means that it will be effective from the moment the credit is legalized by the applicant.
• Applicants who present themselves in this call and are not selected, can apply in a future call.
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• In the selection process, the applications of those who have previously benefited from the Fund will not be taken into account. Neither of the people who have previously accessed it and who had a definitive suspension of disbursements (for which they stopped being beneficiaries before completing their studies).
• These forgivable credits, once approved, must be legalized only once.
• The information filled out in the registration form must coincide with the information entered in the legalization process. This condition is essential for the credit to be legalized and valid.
How to apply?
Requests must be made through the following link.
* With information from Icetex
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