President Bukele Announces "Two X-Day Schools" Program: A Program With a Transparency Component - Today's News in El Salvador

Historic Education Investment in El Salvador Under President Bukele.

In the first five years of President Nayib Bukele’s administration, El Salvador invested a historic $1.4 billion in education, surpassing all previous governments. This marks the highest-ever commitment to education funding, with an average of $1.411 billion invested annually, representing 4.40% of GDP—an unprecedented figure in the country’s history. The government also prioritized the National University of El Salvador (UES), increasing its bu…

Día a Día News El Salvador—President Nayib Bukele announced this Thursday the launch of the “Two Schools a Day” program, inaugurating two schools in San Luis Talpa, La Paz, and El Zapote, Chalatenango. This plan is part of the “My New School” strategy, launched in 2022 with the goal of renovating 5,150 educational centers in five years. During a broadcast, Bukele acknowledged that the execution of the project has been slower than expected. “Pres…

During the launch of the “Two Schools X Day” program, President Nayib Bukele said that the country is moving towards a profound transformation, especially in the educational field. “We are building another country. We have not yet succeeded in rebuilding everything, we are very much lacking, but we are on the way to achieving an entirely different El Salvador,” the president said, highlighting the impact of the project on the communities that be…

As part of the inauguration of a school in La Paz, he shared information related to the investment executed in education and new projects that will be implemented. EL SALVADOR.- After doing studies and feasibility analysis and budgets, President Nayib Bukele announced the program “Two Schools X Day”, which will be implemented in order to continue the reconstruction of the entire school infrastructure nationwide. “I know that we promised the aver…

The Legislative Assembly yesterday authorized the Executive to sign a loan contract with the Andean Development Cooperation (CAF) for $100 million that will be to finance the “Modernization Project of the Education System of El Salvador.” Julio Darío Alemán, head of the Debt Management Department of the Ministry of Finance, explained to legislators that these resources will serve to strengthen educational capacities, and modernize digital and ph…