Mineduc clarifies the status of the popular University of Recoleta: "It does not meet the minimum requirements for such appointment"

The Mayor of Recoleta Daniel Jadue announced the creation of an educational platform supported by the municipality and called the People's University. This example implies that courses, workshops and seminars are offered free of charge to all those who wish to participate. But the training will not lead to a university degree and only a certificate will be issued.

In any case, from the Ministry of Education, they claimed that the idea could not be described as a university. "The general law on education defines the only mechanisms allowing the establishment of a university, through a special law or established LGE legal procedure," said the head of the Division of higher education, Juan Eduardo Vargas. 19659003] "An establishment which has not complied with the said creation procedure and whose purpose is to dictate courses, workshops, seminars and conferences shall not bear the name of the school. a university because it does not meet the minimum application requirements and only generates confusion between students and the rest of the educational community, "he concluded.