:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/ZLAVIZUYO5GKTJTJGKT2AZERLU.jpg "The head of Sunedu denied the Minister of Education: \"No consultation has been done in the last five years\" 1")
The head of the National Superintendence of University Higher Education (Sundu), Oswaldo Zegarrarejected that the entity performed contracts for consultants in order to favor certain Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and/or political party.
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“Members of Congress and the Chairs of the Congressional Education Committee have repeatedly asked us how many consultations Sunedu has done: zero consultations in the past five years, zero consultations. But that’s a fallacy that arises. endlessly repeats (…) the Sundu He doesn’t own any political party,” Zegarra said Monday in an interview with N channel.
The response of the head of the superintendence comes after the head of the Ministry of Education (Minedu), Oscar Becerrasaid the entity “was the petty cash of a political party via consultants”, although he did not provide further details.
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“I don’t know how many consultants there will be in the Sundu and I imagine that the the comptroller functionbut we are already tired of this revolving door in which a minister comes out (of his functions) and an NGO, in which the minister participates, presents the price of advice, ”becerra detailed.
zegarra, in turn, replied that he had received the accusations with great concern. “He education Minister He is misinformed, because otherwise he would be malicious during the qualification (this is the job of Sunedu)”, he mentioned.
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Likewise, the official pointed out that he never had a relationship with the former congressman and former president. Francisco Sagastinor with the former Minister of Education and current legislator flower paul. Both in reference to the rumors that indicate their connection with the purple party.
“(In Sunedu) we have absolute independence. No one has approached me asking for actions for or against anyone,” Zegarra added.
At another time, the head of the Sundu also dismissed statements by the head of Minedu regarding the appointment of members of the directive advice.
“Let’s call everyone board of directors that Sunedu has had and you will only find people who come from the universities of the Consortium, such as the Catholic University, Cayetano Heredia and the Universidad del Pacífico,” Becerra pointed out.
In this sense, Zegarra recalled that this council is plural and composed of two representatives of national universities, one from the private sector, one from the public sector, one from Concytecanother for research and the superintendent himself.
“Two of them, at most, have been members of the Consortium (of universities), but the others have not. It has varied since early 2015 between 15 and 20 members of the directive advice“, specified Zegarra.
As you remember, this past weekend the installation of this new group began. However, it was not complete.
Of the seven new members to be installed, only four have done so: Manuel Castillo Venegas (Universidad de Piura), Miguel Vallejos Flores (representing the deans of professional associations in Peru), Manuel Hernández García (Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica) And Andres Ramos Salas (designated by Minedu).
Currently, representatives of private universities, Concytec or Sinace.
In this context, Zegarra was asked about the appointment of Ramos Rooms to the board of directors of Sunedu, since he would not have fulfilled the legal conditions to become a civil servant (respect the minimum duration to move from the exercise of the private sector to the public sector).
zegarra He said that although this is a “complicated and difficult” issue, it is not for Sunedu to determine the characteristics of candidates or how nominations are made.
“There Sundu nor does it conduct a competition (for the appointment of the members of its board of directors). We are only participating in the sense of accepting the results which, at the moment, are so much in question,” he said.