Nineteen youth hostels will increase student accommodation by about 9% as part of the National Higher Education Student Placement Plan, the office of the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports said this Wednesday.
According to the office of João Paulo Correia, the number of available rooms and beds is increasing in the apartments of Abrantes, Almada, Aveiro, Beja, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Guarda, Guimarães, Lisbon Center, Lisbon Parque das Nations, Oeiras, Ponte di Lima, Portimão, Porto, Viana do Castelo and Vila Nova de Cerveira.
“The monthly room rate varies from 200 to 300 euros per person (depending on the room and type) in double or multi-bed rooms and includes breakfast, Wi-Fi, daily cleaning, change of bed linen and towels weekly. and use of the dorm kitchen,” he adds.
A 10% discount on the European Youth Card for double rooms and 20% for triple rooms can be applied to prices, according to the Office of the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports.
“Scholarship students can have the equivalent of a month’s discount to use in a youth hostel chain voucher,” he adds.
The Movijovem program is part of the National Higher Education Adaptation Plan, which aims to support young people entering higher education.
The announcement of increased student accommodation in youth hostels comes as it became known that the average price of a student room in Lisbon and Porto exceeds 400 euros and that private offers available cover less than 10% of the young people currently accommodated in universities. and polytechnics of these cities.
The data is taken from the Student Accommodation Observatory, which determines daily private student housing supply and nationally practiced rent.
Science, Technology and Higher Education Minister Elvira Fortunato guaranteed on Tuesday that an additional 15,000 student beds will be created by the end of 2026 thanks to Recovery and Resilience Plan funding.
The results of the first round of the national competition for access to higher education were published on Sunday, with nearly 50,000 students accepted.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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