Ecuador grants free higher education for police, military officers

[Judi Lynn]

Ecuador grants free higher education for police, military officers
www.chinaview.cn 2008-08-09 10:03:03

QUITO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Friday that higher education for police and military officers will be free with the approval of the country's new Constitution.

The new Charta Magna, which was approved last month by the Constitutional Assembly, promises free higher education for the police, Correa told a meeting of high-level officers of the National Police. The new Constitution will be voted on in a referendum on Sept. 28 before it comes into force.

"Those who enter schools of policemen, of troops and officers, should not be the ones that have money, but the ones who achieve it based on their merits," Correa said.

Better education is necessary for the modernization and restructuring of the National Police, said the president.

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