At the beginning of this first half of 2023, the Ministry of Education (MEC) made available, as it always does, several selection processes. In the Student Financing Fund (Fies), most of those enrolled are women.
A preliminary survey by the Ministry points out that of the 205,177 registrations registered in the Fund, 139,209 were made by women, which corresponds to 67% of the total, while men represented only 33% (65.968).
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On the other hand, there is a greater predilection for courses in Medicine, Law and Nursing. So far there have been 104,136 enrollments for Medicine, 50,128 for Law and 34,878 enrollments for the Nursing course.
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age group
The analysis of the candidates' profile also revealed a wide age range, covering individuals from 15 to 77 years old who seek to obtain an educational financing opportunity through Fies.
The majority, made up of 90,363 individuals, are concentrated in the 21 to 30 age group, followed by 89,978 subscribers who are under 20 years of age.
Meanwhile, candidates between 31 and 40 years old add up to 17,705, those aged between 41 and 50 years old are 5,650 and those over 50 years old add up to 1,481.
Race
Of those enrolled in the program, the brown ethnicity was the most representative, with 89,556 candidates, followed by self-declared white candidates, totaling 88,638.
The minority of subscribers identified themselves as indigenous, totaling 735 people. On the other hand, the subscribers who identified themselves as black totaled 22,867 candidates and, finally, the yellow ones totaled 3,381 subscribers.
Origin
Still according to data collected by the Ministry of Education, the Northeast region leads the ranking of registrations for the student financing program. In all, 75,819 students from the region signed up.
Right behind the Northeast is the Southeast region, which had a total of 70,538 subscribers. The most populous region in the country is followed by the North (24,440), South (17,332) and Midwest (17,048).
As for the states, São Paulo stands out with the highest number of applicants, registering 31,863 candidates. In second place is Minas Gerais (21,836), followed by Bahia (18,802) and Ceará (15,532).
Waiting list: how does it work?
Many candidates for Fies and other MEC programs fall on the so-called waiting list, which is intended for subscribers who were approved but did not get enough grade to access one of the vacancies in the course wanted.
These individuals can be called upon to take over a vacancy, in case another candidate withdraws, for example. For this, it is necessary to pay attention to the Single Portal for Access to Higher Education and keep an eye on the calls.
The call period for Fies this year runs from March 21 to May 18.