Problemas de educación en ingeniería sanitaria

Abstract

The article deals with a proposal for organizing teaching programs in sanitary engineering in Latin America so that the countries may obtain a cadre of qualified professional personnel in this field to undertake the study, planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of environmental sanitation works needed for the programs under way. This should be done in the following stages: (1) to strengthen the part of environmental sanitation and its basic sciences within the standard course on civil engineering; (2) create a second stage called "health major" e.g. specialized studies within the established general study plan leading to the civil engineering degree; and (3) to establisha graduate school in this engineering branch in order to train the leaders who will establish the policy governing the financing and execution of environmental sanitation works. It is indicated that, parallel with these stages, training courses should be offered to raise the academic level of the professionals now working in sanitary engineering, as well as in-service training courses for the technical and auxiliary personnel now working with those professionals