“I personally collaborated with the prosecutor's office Naples for a matter that concerns a portion of the online universities for which we will request the acquisition of the documents. It will be important to understand the checks carried out by the prosecutor's office in order to be able to take action." This was stated by the Minister of Universities and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, at a press conference at Palazzo Chigi on the investigation by the prosecutor's office of Naples concerning the telematic university Pegaso for alleged irregular registrations.
An investigation that sees 40 people under investigation, including former owner Danilo Iervolino and former Multiversity COO Andrea Buonomo.
The minister at a press conference: "No shadows on the provision of university services"
"One of the goals of the ministry and the government," the minister explained, "is to ensure that no shadows remain over any form of university service delivery. For us, there's no distinction between in-person and remote learning, but the educational offering must be good: anything that can shed light on this is welcome," she concluded.
"We thank the Prosecutor's Office for its efforts and have made everything we had available. We will request the results of their investigations so we can take appropriate action," he added.
"I personally collaborated, along with the entire Ministry I am honored to serve, with the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, whom I thank, for the work they are doing on a portion of online universities. We will request the acquisition of documents for these. This will obviously be very important for us to verify the investigations carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor and will be useful for us to be able to take appropriate action, even though we obviously do not have the powers of a Public Prosecutor's Office," he reiterated during the press conference following the Council of Ministers meeting at Palazzo Chigi.
I read the article and it seems like a complicated situation; there are investigations underway and the minister has collaborated with the prosecutor's office, but more clarity is needed on the checks conducted. Online universities should be better monitored, but we don't know if the ministry will be able to do what the prosecutor's office does.