Overview
- The plenary approved the insistence measure despite an Executive observation over missing technical and budget support, with 74 votes in favor, 5 against and 30 abstentions reported by multiple outlets.
- The law authorizes 22 national universities across Amazonas, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Lima, Moquegua, Puno, San Martín, La Libertad and Ucayali.
- Separate votes also cleared specific institutions, including the Universidad Nacional de Ciencias, Tecnología y Humanidades de Huaycán for Lima Este and a university for Kimbiri in Cusco.
- SUNEDU and education experts say founding new universities typically requires eight to nine years and significant upfront investment, arguing that opening filials of licensed universities would be faster and less costly.
- Former education ministers criticized the move as unviable without a defined budget, citing estimates of about S/105 million to implement a single university and pointing to stalled precedents such as San Juan de Lurigancho.