Two minutes and 29 seconds lasted part of the lesson from Pharmacology, that the eighth semester students of the central university of Ecuador and that it is spread in social networks on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
One of the companions started her exhibition on the pharmacological inventory; talked about corticosteroids, betamethasone and dexamethasone, when the professor José Augusto D. interrupted her to ask her about “it.” Mrs. M. Andrea (M is the initial of her surname) “.
When the young He replied that his partner had not connected to do it job from group and said “he didn’t help us”, the professor He chided her, “Let’s see, and why the hell don’t they tell me? Let’s see, why don’t you tell me she’s not here? ‘
That’s the start of one moment that filled with nerves to the students, which were associated with the virtual classroom, yesterday, Tuesday January 12, 2021, from 2 p.m.
The pupil answer calmly “doctor is that I didn’t know she wasn’t there ”. the teacher shouts: “Softer, be careful how you talk to me so you don’t know, I told you to meet up exhibition And what did you say, don’t be a liar, tell me we’re already divided or you didn’t tell me. “
The alumna, barely answered (you can hear anxious), “yes doctor I told you, because we already have the number of slides, according to how you normally divided us”. And José Augusto D. was heard call“Damn it, lower my voice, lower it, you spoiled guambra, learn to respect, shut up shut up.”
The student said that I am not (raising my voice). And the university professor continued, “Shut up, softer, you foolish man, if I told you to expose me, you had to call me doctor in the two groups where you mention only one person is present …”.
At the end he kept calling her names, ‘Did you ever say that to me? doctor, have zero and go to claim wherever they want, hopefully so lose me quickly of that bullshit college“.
On the morning of this Wednesday, January 13, 2020, the rector from the Central University of Ecuador, Fernando Sempértegui, affirmed that “José is Augusto D. Colleague Professor of the chairman of pharmacology. I just talked to him Director from carrera from Medicine, he has confirmed that this event took place yesterday at 2 p.m. It’s a reprehensible fact, college professor must respect his students and for expressions of violation, humiliation for the young student there is an arrangement in the Code from ethics from college, in the statute. I’ll arrange one procedure; is a very serious mistakebut I want you to know that it is an isolated event, our teachers are working hard on it ”.
Consulted, the rector Sempértegui has indicated that he is a professor who is the property, that one doctorate. “Let’s face this with the regulations in hand, our code of ethics; the sanction maximum is the dismissalbut it requires due process that is provided for in the regulations, there is one special committee of disciplinary matters that are permanently active, consisting of teachers and students. Once the complaintThey decide based on the evidence. The message for these affected young people and for all of us students is that we will fulfill our duty as authorities, to one environment from coexistence and respect mutual between teachers and students; the authorities will not tolerate this being affected, on our side they have the teachers guarantee and students, that these events will not be tolerated. “
Ramiro Estrella, Dean, said that before they have not received no complaint for mistreatment of this teacher, van formal mode. ‘Now they tell us that has not behaved correctlywe have not received any complaints to proceed with any investigation. Now we have something that is very bad evidentwe started it disciplinary investigation. These eighth semester students were right away we will move with another teacher, they cannot continue with the same teacher until the examination is completed. I have not spoken to this teacher. I received the information last night, we have to move on regular organs. This is a situation what exceeds the normal procedures, what the rector has done is preferred, ex officio investigations. Last night, some teachers and students sent us the video through mail. This information is the basis for us. “
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