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Escuela pública renovada de dos plantas con patio cubierto por velas de sombra en El Salvador
Imagen alusiva a la renovación de escuelas públicas en El Salvador bajo el programa Dos Escuelas por Día. · Imagen generada por EPM

El Salvador Reaches 1,074 Schools Under Two Schools a Day Program

The presidential “Dos Escuelas por Día” program now covers 1,074 intervened schools in El Salvador, with government investment exceeding $980 million and four…

--- The context --- The presidential program “Dos Escuelas por Día” is driven by the Government of President Nayib Bukele to transform public school infrastructure in El Salvador, where many communities waited years for pending needs to be addressed. --- The facts --- A total of 1,074 schools have been intervened through this program. Government investment exceeds $980 million, with works aimed at improving the conditions in which thousands of students attend their classes. Four recent schools are in districts of Usulután. Centro Escolar Caserío Santa Lucía, Cantón El Llano, Jucuapa, Usulután Este, received $499,000, and Centro Escolar Caserío El Portillo, Cantón Tierra Blanca, Jiquilisco, Usulután Oeste, $607,000. Centro Escolar Caserío Las Flores, Cantón Jiquilisco, Jiquilisco, Usulután Oeste, received $636,000, and Centro Escolar Cantón Palomía de Gualcho, Nueva Granada, Usulután Norte, $965,000. --- The positions --- The administration of President Bukele presents the interventions as a continuing commitment to renew educational infrastructure and address needs that remained pending for years in Salvadoran communities. --- What remains unknown --- The available information does not detail what each intervention consisted of, nor the progress of each work, nor how the rest of the investment is distributed among the country's other schools. --- Unanswered questions --- What did the works at each Usulután school consist of? How is the investment exceeding $980 million distributed among the 1,074 intervened schools? What criteria will define the next schools to be intervened? --- EPM analysis --- The figure measures the program: an extended intervention across the public network, with concrete amounts assigned to specific communities in Usulután, each tied to an identifiable school and canton. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, intervening 1,074 schools with investment exceeding $980 million places school infrastructure at the center of public action and answers waits that communities carried for years. Its deeper value will lie in each announced amount becoming dignified classrooms and spaces for the thousands of students who attend classes there every day under better conditions for learning and teaching.
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