The free graduate trips that the province of Buenos Aires had been offering were canceled due to the lack of national funds to support the measure: the news was confirmed by the Buenos Aires Government Minister Carlos Bianco, who argued that the Nation took away “1, 7 billion pesos to the province” and that in this way it becomes impossible to sustain this public policy.
Axel Kicillof’s official also highlighted that when “they cut such an amount of money, the cost structures, current expenses and investments must be adjusted to the new budget: this is why we were forced not to carry out the program.”
The End of Course Trip program was implemented by the province of Buenos Aires in 2021 with the aim of promoting knowledge of Buenos Aires tourist destinations and also to provide help to the families of students who find it difficult to pay for a trip. of traditional graduates for various reasons.
“Three years ago we were establishing this policy, we had been increasing the amount: last year we had a record number of graduate trips,” explained Bianco. And he added that the end-of-year trips are a “policy of productive promotion and income generation during the low season.
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