In the context of New Secondary Education, the proposal to universalize the offer of Professional and Technological Education (EPT) is ‘the best way’ for recovery of the quality of Brazilian education, according to two surveys carried out by the National Industrial Learning Service (Senai) and the Social Service of Industry (Sesi), the first, together with a universe of 2,007 Brazilians and another, which consulted 1,001 small, medium and large industries.
For a third of the industrialists interviewed, EPT is the top priority and 'the strongest point' of public education, far surpassing higher education, which received 23% of responses. Regarding the advantages of technical training, the business segment chose the following positive factors: better preparation for the job market (45%); more focused courses (28%); more practical courses (22%); good acceptance in the job market (18%); have more knowledge/skills (17) and start a professional career (16%). Among the population, in general, EPT leads by far, with 66% of options considering it ‘excellent or good’.
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Despite the excellent expectations of the Brazilian population regarding the potential of the EPT, the schedule for the secondary education reform – approved in 2017 and actually starting in 2021 – would be, at the moment, 'paused' by the Ministry of Education, under the pretext of a 'discussion' (in principle, with no deadline for completion) with civil society, 'desirable adjustments' in its 'design and execution'.
Despite the 'slow march' adopted by the Executive, the New Secondary Education includes changes, such as an increase in course load; flexibility in students’ choice of subjects; and the proposal to universalize the EPT offer throughout the country.
Another piece of data from the survey is the massive vote by 91% of those interviewed in favor of young people's preferential option for the EPT. For the same percentage of businesspeople, there is an understanding that technical courses enable faster entry into the job market, based on the assumption that it is easier to get a job if the candidate already has training professional.
For 85% of the business community consulted, technical courses also open up space to a wider range of vacancies. For 63% of those consulted, the technical course has an advantage, more than higher education, when it comes to competing for a greater number of job vacancies. Another 21% of industrialists understand that technical education should be prioritized in the government's educational agenda, in coming years, with a view to reconciling the ‘demands of the productive sector’ with the ‘official policies for youth'.