In a press conference, the new Minister of Education, Camilo Santana, informed that President Lula (PT) approved the readjustment of student grants. The information came to public after a meeting of both with deans of federal universities and institutes, which took place on the night of last Thursday, January 19th.
According to the minister, the readjustment of bags is one of the priority actions of the Ministry of Education in this administration. That's because, according to him, the budget recovery goes through this readjustment.
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“We are making the necessary adjustments together with Capes and CNPq. We are going to unify the readjustments to be announced by the president”.
However, Santana did not give numbers or deadlines regarding the new amount of aid given to students.
In addition to the readjustment of scholarships, what else did the Minister of Education point out?
Camilo Santana also stated that the MEC will make it a priority to provide more student assistance, the resumption of works, evaluation of vacancies and the autonomy of the institutions.
In addition, he highlighted the evasion of university students – another point that, from time to time, collides with student scholarships. “We need to discuss a lot the evasion of our students from universities, which is very high”, he pointed out.
According to the minister – citing data from the Census of Higher Education - around 54% of students drop out of public and free universities. “These are huge challenges,” he added.
Meeting with deans
Also according to the new minister of education, the meeting with the deans of universities and federal institutes marks a “new phase” in Education in Brazil. “Lula showed respect and priority for public education in this country,” he said.
As published by G1, at the meeting, Lula emphasized the autonomy of universities and federal institutions.
“In our entire mandate, you will have the right to be responsible because whoever is elected to be dean, it is also nice to be elected, but also It must be nice to have responsibility with the university's money, with the university's administration and with the zeal for the university”, stated Lula.
The president also assured that he will respect the triple list chosen by the rectors.
“Don't think that Lula is going to choose the dean he likes. Those who have to like the dean are the university professors, the university employees. It is the university community that has to know who can manage well for it. This I can guarantee you, you will have it”
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