“A concrete support for Calabrian students, to make the right to study effective and guarantee equal opportunities to those who demonstrate commitment and merit but are devoid of economic means”.
With these words, the commissioner for the university system of the Calabria RegionRosario Varì, He announces the assignment to the Calabrian universities of the resources necessary for the coverage of 100% of the scholarships for the academic year 2024/2025 in favor of students suitable results but initially excluded from the benefit for insufficiency of funds.
The provision, formalized by managerial decree n. 4335 of 26 March 2025, is part of the action plan “Education and training skills”, approved with DGR n.161/2024 and financed to be worth on the Pr Calabria FESR FSE+ 2021/2027 – Objective “A more social Calabria”.
“Thanks to a total investment of over 9.3 million euros – continues Varia – we guarantee not only the full coverage of bags to suitable students, but also specific attention to students with disabilities, confirming our commitment for a fair and inclusive university system.
The funds were divided as follows:
University of Calabria (Rende – Cosenza): Euro 6,581,000.00;
“Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro: Euro 2,295,689.26;
“Mediterranean” University of Reggio Calabria: Euro 478,670.10;
The bags will be provided according to the minimum amounts established by the decrees Mur n.317 and n.318 of 14 March 2024:
off -site students: Euro 7,015.90;
commuters: Euro 4,100.00;
Students on site: Euro 2,827.64;
For access to the benefit, the ISEE limits (€ 27,726.79) and ISPE (Euro 60,275.66) remain stopped.
“We are formalizing the conventions with the universities – concludes the commissioner Varì – to allow them to immediately request the provision of 50% of the resources, so as to promptly activate the payments. The goal of the junta led by President Occhiuto is simple and clear: no deserving student must be excluded from his growth path for mere economic reasons”.