Overview
- Sunedu opened a formal administrative sanction procedure against Universidad Nacional de Ucayali and issued provisional measures that require the university to correct documented problems within deadlines that range from short to medium business days.
- Inspectors found eight areas of deficiency at UNU, including blocked evacuation routes, expired or obstructed fire extinguishers, expired medical supplies, exposed wiring, incomplete risk matrices, collapsed or unusable lab equipment, mold and pest damage, and large gaps in internet access across classrooms.
- Sunedu recorded that many learning spaces lacked connectivity and functioning labs, with dozens of rooms offline and multiple departments reporting most equipment in poor or inoperable condition, and it ordered specific fixes such as structural reports, inventory of hazardous substances, and internet installation.
- Separately, diagnostic visits to Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga in Ica identified seismic damage and El Niño flood risks that have closed science and dentistry pavilions, and Sunedu said the technical reports will support requests for emergency funding from the Education and Finance ministries while universities shift classes to virtual platforms as needed.
- Student groups called the situation of ‘extreme gravity’ and demanded transparency over long‑running budget and management problems, and Sunedu warned that failure to meet the provisional orders would be treated as a very serious infraction that could trigger fines or the loss of institutional licensure.