Pará will have five new federal institutes of education, science and technology

The goal of expanding the federal network of vocational, scientific and technological education is to create opportunities for young people and adults

President Lula officially made the announcement on Tuesday, March 12. all over the country, 100 new campuses will be built. The investment, inside the new PAC, is 3.9 billion Brazilian reals Improvements are also expected in existing units.

Five cities of Pará are included in the expansion plan of the Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education: Alencare, Barcarena, Redensao, Thailand and Viseu. The number of municipalities combined is approximately 413 thousand people. Federal institutes are institutions specialized in vocational and technological education, and also offer basic and higher education.

The courses offered in the modules are free. Institutes are legally obliged to guarantee at least 50% of their places to offer technical courses at secondary level, primarily in an integrated manner – that is, alongside secondary education.

SAR＄3.9 billion The aim of the new expansion of the federal network is to increase the supply of places in vocational and technological education (EPT), while providing opportunities for young people and adults, especially the most vulnerable. The program creates 140,000 new vacancies, most of them in technical courses integrated into secondary education.

Of the R3.9 billion in the works from new PAC resources, R2.5 billion will be invested in establishing new universities that it R1.4 billion in consolidation of existing financial institution unitsSuch as building student cafeterias, gyms, libraries, classrooms and acquiring equipment.

Building new universities will have positive impacts beyond education, with an increase in the construction sector and generation of employment and income in the beneficiary municipalities. The new schools, when operational, will contribute to local development in the included cities as well as at the regional level.

States and regions — The Northeast is the region that will receive the largest number of new federal institutes of education, science and technology in this expansion phase. 38 campuses will be built in the nine states, with the Southeast coming next, with 27 new campuses, followed by the Southern Region, with 13 campuses; North by 12; And the central and western regions by 10.

Among the states, São Paulo has the municipalities that benefited most, with 11 cities served by the construction of 12 financial institutions (two of which are in the state capital). The state of Minas Gerais appears to be connected with Bahia by eight units. Next, Pernambuco, Ceará and Rio de Janeiro emerge with six; Then Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Pará, with five financial institutions.

Vocational education – The Expansion Program of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology represents the resumption of investments in the creation of new units of the Federal Institute in Brazil, almost 10 years after the last organized expansion of the network.

It also celebrates one of the most successful educational policies in the field of vocational education, which has allowed quality public education to reach the furthest locations of large centers and state capitals, becoming one of the most widespread networks offering technical, graduate and postgraduate courses.

Source: Folha do Progresso