Córdoba, (EFE).- The rectors of the public universities of Andalusia have shown this Wednesday their “concern” about the approval of the bills for the “recognition of two new private universities that will soon become part of the Andalusian University System “.
In a statement signed by the Andalusian rectors, they recalled that these “two new universities” received in their day the “unfavorable vote” of all of them motivated “not by the private nature of the proposals, but basically because they were considered not to comply with the requirements established” in the regulations.
Specifically, they allude to the criteria of “creation, recognition and authorization of universities and university centers” and “institutional accreditation of university centers then in force”, “detailed” arguments to the Ministry in the “list of allegations”.
“This announcement, together with the knowledge that two more new private universities have also started their process and a third will begin soon, arouses great concern among the university communities,” added the letter from the rectors.
Andalusia demands “quality criteria”
In addition, they denounce an “exponential growth of the private offer in Higher Education” while public universities need “a financing model that improves the working conditions” of teaching and research staff and services, and that allows “advancing in the improvement of the quality” of teaching.
For his part, in an interview with EFE on January 22, the Councilor for University, Research and Innovation of the Junta de Andalucía, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, pointed out that Andalusia is the region “with the fewest private universities” in Spain and if one looks at “the population index, then much less”, while there are “more than 7,000 Andalusian students studying abroad in private universities”.
“It is an initiative that falls within the constitutional framework and the regulatory framework of the Administration, so you cannot say no,” said the counselor, who emphasized that Andalusia will demand “quality criteria” and that is why there are ” two initiatives” from the previous government that “will go to Parliament and it will determine whether it is approved.”
In addition, there are “six others pending” of which those that arrive “with a negative report” from the Ministry “we will not start them up” and those that have a “favorable” report, which right now “there are two” must have the “Reports from the Andalusian Evaluation Agency”, says the counselor in the interview. EFE
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