In 2010, a group of teachers asked the owner of the Cesar Vallejo University, Cesar Acunaopen a branch of the higher education center in the Cajabamba district, province of Chota, department of Cajamarca, so that teachers in the area could complete their master’s degrees and obtain the corresponding degree. The request was accepted by the leader of Alliance for Progresswho also awarded them a 50% discount on payments to access the postgraduate course. One of the teachers who managed to benefit from this program was none other than the current Republic President, peter castle.
According to a report issued by Cuarto Poder, the premises to carry out the activities of the master’s degree they did not have a fixed place, and these rather had an itinerant character.
Given this, Demetrio Rodriguez Vasquezcoordinator of the César Vallejo University in Tacabamba, pointed out that he received an approximate payment of 500 soles per month for his services and revealed that the classes were sometimes held in classrooms of an elementary school, others in the facilities of a secondary school and even use was made of the municipal auditorium.
“(Could one week be at school and another in the auditorium?) Yes. (There was no fixed place) Of course there was no fixed place”, explains the teacher.
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In addition, Demetrius Rodriguez He said that the sessions were not regular, but were held between two or four times a month, on weekends. This, says the coordinator, is due to the fact that the applicants for the master’s degree had to travel from afar.
“(The classes were not regular?) No, because it was coming from so far, no. So every 8, every 15 days. It took place every weekend”, he assures.
The teacher Almansor Garcia-Delgado, another of the beneficiaries of the discounts in the master’s degree, commented that they took advantage of the opportunity to take their postgraduate studies because, due to the economic situation of the teachers, it was perhaps the only way to access said education. In addition, he told the Fourth Estate that he did not remember the grade with which he had approved his thesis, but that it was a teacher named Gaitan who acted as advisor.
Teacher Gerardo Gaitan Merejildo He was the one who taught the Research Development course for master’s applicants. Gaitan points out that the course lasted only three days: from June 24 to 26, 2011. For this service he was paid a total of 420 soles, which included the concepts of passage, food, mobility and lodging.
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It is here when the figure of the President Pedro Castillo, because in his master’s thesis he mentions Professor Gaitán as his advisor. However, the teacher denies having fulfilled this function.
“Personally, I am glad to have had the president as my student and attest that he is a man committed to his union. Beyond his theses, I cannot judge because I have not had this work in my possession.”, he asserted.
“If they wanted me to be their adviser, they should have come looking for me. But they didn’t come. I was not your adviser. I have no connection”, he added.
As a result of the complaint against the head of state for the alleged plagiarism of his thesis, The educational quality of the César Vallejo University has also been called into question.. An example of this is the following: the master’s degrees that were taught under this modality ceased in 2012 and the supporting events were held in the Municipality’s auditorium. For the delivery of diplomas, the Cajamarca headquarters were used. However, according to a document from the National Superintendence of Higher Education (Sunedu) in 2017, said premises operated informally.
