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President of the College of Architects, Arturo Chavarria, urged the state and municipal authority to stop the operation of a school school that offers undergraduate, called Constituent University, which aims to house more than 500 students without the minimum conditions for the development of educational functions.
Chavarria said that the educational enterprise is owned by brothers Mena Alarcón, most notably Octavio Mena Alarcón, former head of the Supreme Audit of the State of Mexico (OSFEM) and Pedro Mena Alarcón, director of Treasury and Administration of the City of Toluca, who, "for his good relations", they have provided the permits to operate without meeting the minimum standards for space and infrastructure for a school.
"There are rules that every school must meet. For example, a university requires a certain amount of parking spaces, a bathroom module for every 50 students, sports fields, laboratories and other infrastructure which in this case do not have it, "he said.
University Mena Alarcón family is located in an old building in the center of Toluca, just around the corner of Avenida Miguel Hidalgo and Calle Nicolás Bravo, a space where until recently there were only operated offices and then private offices.
"This is a building that does not meet any standard in the field of Civil Protection has only one access which is also the same output, not enough space in the event of a fire or earthquake, a way to evict efficient over 500 students. That could become a death trap, "said the architect. He
understand that these schools emerge at the lack of ability that has had federal and state authority to expand the educational infrastructure, especially in middle and higher levels, in addition to this university has significant backups because the owners are people with power who are not denied anything.
however, anticipated that the operation of the "university" in the heart of the Mexico state capital and in a building that is not prepared for these roles, you can become a serious risk to the student population as shelter for all those who work or simply cross through the center of Toluca, then from Next Monday will be a place of great traffic congestion and lead to other problems.
