Sunedu: Superintendent Manuel Castillo broke the law

Superintendent of Sunedu, manuel castillo venegas, violated the law that restores the autonomy of Peruvian universities, after it was confirmed that he charged a fee of 30,000 soles to the National Agricultural University of La Selva. According to information accessed by La Repubblica, the payments were made on July 17, 2022 and February 16, 2023, in favor of Castillo Venegas. Board of directors They cannot be affiliated to universities regulated by SUNEDU.

To this, he said that, in case of being attached to a university, he should have ceased activities two years before applying for the post. However, this did not happen with Manuel Castillo Venegas. The superintendent obtained a contract from the Universidad Nacional Agaria de la Selva on July 17, 2022 as “external legal advisor to the senior management” for the amount of 12,000 sol. In the same way, he signed a contract with the same best House of Studies for “Professional Services of a lawyer in charge of strengthening the legal sector with experience in legal advice” with effect from February 16, 2023.

After receiving the contract, members of Sunedu Board of Directors, led by Castillo, sent a notarized letter addressed to the unit on 17 February with the aim of making their new positions official. The official letter was signed by the representative of the Ministry of Education, Andres Ramos Salas; Miguel Vallejos Flores, representative of the College of Deans of Professional Colleges; and Manuel Hernández García, member of the University Higher Education.

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There is an aide to Manuel Castillo to be the superintendent of Sunedu. Vega’s Jerry Ramon Ruffner, Rector of the National University of San Marcos. Two days before Castillo Venegas was to benefit from the contracts, rector Jerry Ramón sent a letter addressed to former education minister Oscar Manuel Becerra to recognize the current superintendent due to a very transparent process. Republic communicates with Castillo Venegas, But did not respond to the alleged irregularities till the closure of this note.

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