Local Government Board has approved a EUR 300 financial aid to all students who participated Lorca during the academic year 2007/08 in the Erasmus Program.
The Spokesman of the Municipal Government Team, Lali Ibarra, has stated that "this is an outstanding action framed within the bid that the City Council of our city have begun to support our students.
In this case we speak of college students who participated in the Erasmus program, which were a total of 36 students, 19 girls and 17 boys. "
The mayor of Education of the City of Lorca, José Joaquín Peñarrubia has exposed that "the Spanish Universities have, among others, as its primary objective the internationalization of enterprises.
This is costly and difficult yet very important and necessary in today's world.
As a promoter of this opening to the outside world appear mobility grants within the Socrates / Erasmus, as each day becomes more imperative European training and students aware of it, is increasingly engaged in these programs.
Lorca, through local students studying in various universities, is highly represented in proportion to the involvement of the Socrates / Erasmus.
In 2007/2008, 36 students have been Lorca who have obtained an Erasmus scholarship which allows them to go to universities in Europe to continue his studies. "
Peñarrubia noted further that "to the educational value of participation of our students in this program from the Department of Education and University, have established annual payments of 300 € for each of the students participating in Erasmus.
To access them, students who study at the Universities of Murcia do not perform any management, as the universities themselves sent to the City's relationship Lorca students each year participate in the Erasmus program.
The remaining students from other Spanish universities must apply for assistance using a form which facilitates the Department of Education and University or at the website of the City Council, www.lorca.es. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca