In 2021, Kast Proposed to Deliver Computers to Every “Child Studying in Public Education in Chile”
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His proposal sought to go beyond the program “I choose my PC”, which only contemplates the delivery of computers to students of the seventh basic belonging to vulnerable families and that, currently, the government would not consider within the budget for the next year.
After learning about the cut-off of the "I Choose My PC" program in Budget Law 2027, it was shared on social networks that José Antonio Kast, when he was a candidate in 2021, proposed to deliver computers to all children studying in public education. Fast Check rated the content as #Real, as the tweets of the current president remain available in his X profile. In addition, the then candidate for La Moneda proposed that the benefit also include …
What happened? A strong campaign promise was made five years ago by José Antonio Kast: “A computer with internet access for every child who studies in public education in Chile.” This is a proposal that is transversally opposed to the decision made by the country’s highest authority, already in La Moneda,...
While in 2021, the then presidential candidate defended the investment in the program by ensuring that “it was worth spending on education” and promising a computer for each child, in full 2026, already as President, José Antonio Kast decided to discontinue the plan “I choose my PC”.
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