Overview
- Manuel Castillo Venegas submitted his resignation on December 17 during a Council session, with Sunedu citing personal reasons and compliance with internal rules.
- The Council accepted the resignation, named Susana Paredes Díaz as interim president, and began the legally required process to select a new superintendent.
- Castillo will continue serving on the Council as the representative of public universities until the end of his mandate.
- Investigative reporting questions the recent naming of Education Ministry representative Vicente Espinoza, citing family service contracts at Sunedu exceeding S/100,000 and his past roles at universities that lost their licenses.
- Peruinforma alleges a fast-tracked sequence to install Espinoza, including an alleged verbal resignation by a predecessor and ministerial backing, claims not corroborated in Sunedu’s official statement.