📋 Tender Overview
The Education Commission (CE) approved on Tuesday (23) a bill that regulates the performance of student representation organizations, such as school guidelines and academic directories and directories. The text () must go through a supplementary round of voting in the EC before heading to the House of Representatives.
The proposal includes in the National Education Guidelines and Bases Law () Objectives and prerogatives for these entities, both from public and private institutions. Among the objectives are:
contribute to the common good of the school community;
Promote among students the interest and appreciation of civic, sports, scientific and cultural principles;
Encourage attitudes of responsibility and promote participation in school and social activities and the struggle for rights;
Evaluate the performance of the faculty, promoting solidarity between students and teachers;
Participate in assistance to poor resources.
The text also provides that the necessary infrastructure for the functioning of the academic centers and directories is provided by the educational institution and includes, as far as possible, the physical space, equipment and proper furniture, observing the budget availability of the institution.
In addition, it guarantees student organizations the protection of sensitive data, access to information of their interest in individual or collective defense of student rights and the participation of their representatives in the deliberative councils of an academic, advisory, executive and, optional, in the fiscal nature.
In the justification of the project, the author, former Senator Rodrigo Cunha (AL), explains that there is already legal provision for the existence of guidelines, directories and academic centers in the National Education Plan (), which determines the stimulus, in all basic education networks, the constitution and strengthening of student guidelines and parents associations. Also the Youth Statute () provides that the interlocution of youth with the government must be carried out through associations, networks, movements and youth organizations.
However, in the authors assessment, there is still much to be done for strengthening the guidelines (in basic education) and directories and academic centers (in higher education), which act as spaces for struggle and defense of rights.
It is not enough that these entities are tolerated in the tissue of schools, according to the standards currently. They must also have physical and structural conditions to become space where students, at all levels of schooling, exercise their voice and express their ideas and opinions through social participation, he justifies.
For the rapporteur, Venetian Senator Vital do Rego (MDB-PB), the proposal encourages the creation of student representation organizations and ensures important prerogatives.
- It is necessary for educational institutions to have students organized in associations who defend their interests and to embrace from quality education to the conduct of cultural and recreational activities that enrich educational action and bring leisure moments to the student body.
Senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS) praised the bill and assessed that the initiative seeks to strengthen student policy, so that new leaders are encouraged and formed from their bases.
- Sometimes our youth is taught not to do politics, because politics is a trickster, pickup. Trickster and pick are those who say this, because they dont want our leaders to form there at the base to get here. I praise here the authorship of [ex] Senator Rodrigo Cunha and the report of Venetian Senator Vital do Rego.
The president of CE, Senator Teresa Leitao (PT-PE), spoke of the importance of student guards in their political formation.
Our youth must also have these conditions, he defended.
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The initial text made changes to, revoking devices that mentioned the National Student Union (UNE), created in 1937. The rapporteur considered to maintain the legislation unchanged because he believed that change could lead to symbolic impact and be interpreted as an affront to the entity.
Among some points of that law, it recognizes UNE as a representative entity of the students of higher education institutions in the country.
- The project suppresses the federal legislation the mention of the National Union of Students, traditional entity, with historical role in the national representation of higher level students and prominent performance in important events in contemporary Brazil. It is quite true that the existence of UNE discretion of specific law, as it is an entity arising from the free association of students. However, the omission of its existence by law, based on the eventual revocation of Law 7,395 of 1985, may be a measure of considerable symbolic impact and being interpreted withThe an affront to the entity, which, certainly, is not the intention of the author of the initiative - explained Venezian.
Hearings
Senators also approved two requirements by Senator Teresa Leitao to promote public hearings. One of the requirements (suggests debate on didactic-scientific, administrative and financial and heritage management autonomy of public universities.
Despite constitutional protection, they remain challenges such as financial crises and budget cuts, directly impacting research, extension and basic maintenance of universities, making it difficult to function. There is therefore the need to discuss the theme in parliament, as it is a continuous struggle for the freedom of thought and the ability of higher education institutions to fulfill their role in the construction of a fairer and developed society, justifies the senator in the request.
Another application () proposes hearing, together with the Commission of Science, Technology, Innovation and Informatics (CCT), on the guidelines for the integration of Science, Technology and Innovation (CT & I) in National Education, prepared by the National Educatio
