"Just for her - Vegas style. She puts pants on, he takes them off.” So were the invitations to participate in a show of strippers in a home for students. This situation was confirmed by the Comptroller General of Chile who conducted an audit at the request of Congressman Mario Bertolino Rendic.

The Center for Parents and Guardians of the Female Home La Serena, neighbor Liceo Gabriela Mistral, said that the National Board of School Assistance and Scholarship (Junab) did not allocate sufficient resources, so it decided to rent the property in order to raise money. But they did not account for what events are rented and therefore various erotic shows took place in the home.

This holiday season "was a bar where alcoholic beverages are sold and entrance fees for about $4,000 were collected," said the report of the Comptroller General of Chile.

It is important to note that students who stay there "do so from Sunday at 6 pm until Friday afternoon, so they were not in the place when the parties were underway." It is also relevant that "the activities were developed by an individual whom the Parent Center rented the place to."

Who is to Blame?

The Secretary General of the National Board of Student Aid and Scholarships (JUNAEB, for its acronym in Spanish) ordered in July of last year, an administrative inquiry styling former director of the home for women, Lombardo Toledo, which includes this and other irregularities.

It is that while he was in charge two events occurred with strippers and sale of alcohol. While he did not directly organize nor authorized it, "it was he who gave the nod to the requests made by phone or e-mail." The comptroller adds that "there is no evidence that the director was informed or asked the JUNAEB authorization for these activities."

The Watchdog also stressed that the managers were the Association of Parents "who collected a fee for service of $ 40,000 per activity." In this regard, the treasurer of the aforementioned center, "said he was  unaware that such activities were inappropriate and that the sole purpose was to generate resources to contribute financially to the improvement of the infrastructure of the internship and the quality of life of boarders."

Why did the Comptroller Intervene?

The National Board of Student Aid and Scholarships through the Homes Program "financed the accommodation of young people who come from communities without educational institutions in order to continue their studies at the college or high school they want." At La Serena, located next to the Lyceum for Girls Gabriela Mistral, is part of this plan and is home to about 80 students from different locations.