Estela Ambriz Delgado
Students of the Potosina University located in Venustiano Carranza They demonstrated this Friday to demand that they be supported against the fraud of which they have been victims by the rector José Arturo Segoviano Garcíawho offers degrees without official validity before the Secretary of Public Education (SEP).
In response, the General secretary of government and the Secretary of Education of the State Government (SEGE) committed to dialogue and find a solution.
This Friday morning the students began a blockade of the lanes of the Carranza Avenue With direction to Moralesat the height of Uresti and Tomasa Estevezbecause they have confirmed in various instances that the races do not have Recognition of Official Validity of Studies (RVOE), so they expect the support of the State Goverment to make a formal complaint against the institution and its rector, in order to recover at least the money they invested in their studies.
According to investigation what he did Astrolabe On the subject, the degree in General Medicine from said university does not appear in the SEP records on its website, in addition to not being in the document either. “Higher Education Options in the State of San Luis Potosí”corresponding to 2023-2024 school yearissued by the SEGE and the State Commission for the Planning of Higher Education in the State (COEPES).
In addition to the above, the Medicine and Psychology students corroborated the situation of the career in the central offices of the SEP in the Mexico Cityas well as in the Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks (Cofepris), where they confirmed that it was a fraud and recommended that they sue and start a lawsuit, since they cannot be responsible for validating their studies.
“We do not have RVOE, we already verified it with SEP and other institutions like Cofepris support us to file a complaint, because they totally told us that it is a fraud, and in fact they told the Psychology ones that they were not even part of the institution, but rather from a university in León (…) they recommended that we go to trial and file a federal lawsuit,” said Paulina Martínez.
Likewise, the student said that apart from the fact that they do not have a federal RVOE, the Health Secretary There is also no record of the institution, since apparently what was done was to provide false documentation to make agreements for boarding schools in places like the Red Cross.
On behalf of her classmates, Paulina also asked the state authorities to support them, since they are desperate in the face of the complex situation that is presented to them, especially those who were in their last semesters and heading to their boarding school.
After almost an hour of demonstrating, he appeared at the scene. Elpidio Gerardo Salinas of the general secretariat, as well as SEGE staff, who listened to their demands and committed to starting a dialogue table next Tuesday 11th of Junewhere the possibility of making agreements with other universities will be seen, so that at least those who are more advanced can revalidate their studies.
