📋 Tender Overview
More than 92 thousand new enrollment, with 2,426 classes in urban areas and 4,444 in rural areas, totaling 20 states and 1,280 municipalities throughout Brazil. These are the numbers that mark the closure of the new cycle of the Brazil Literate Program (PBA) in 2025. The initiative reinforces the fundamental role of Popular Education in Youth and Adult Education (EJA). Created in 2004, with the objective of universalizing literacy between people 15 years or older and stimulating the elevation of education in the country, the PBA was resumed by the Ministry of Education (MEC) last year, as part of the National Pact for Overcoming illiteracy and qualification in youth and adult education (EJA Pact).
The classes take place in different social spaces, such as neighborhood associations, churches, community centers and prisons, to expand teaching to vulnerable groups, which have not had access to education at regular age.
Training - PBA classes are organized by regional managers with volunteer support, in a staggered process that begins with the formation of regional EJA pact trainers, carried out by federal universities and institutes, and extends to the training of local trainers, pedagogical coordinations and teachers of EJA.
The training is conducted through the Virtual Learning Environment of MEC (Avamec), in which self -institutions are offered, which address contents such as EJA, pedagogical practices, active methodologies and educational process management. The trails combine online workshops, virtual culture circles and virtual dialogues, all certified by the responsible institutions.
To support the pedagogical work of literacy teachers and reaffirm their commitment to the democratization of access to education, the folder made available the trails for literacy collection, which is on the initiative page on the MEC portal.
PBA - OPROGRAMBRASILFABETIZADISPONIBILIZE 900 thousand vacancies throughout work, prioritizing the 2,786 municipalities with the worst illiteracy rates. For this, R 964 million will be invested between 2024 and 2027. They may participate in the initiative people aged 15 and non -literate living in the countryside or in the city, including the quilombola population. The PBA learning process lasts up to 12 months of class and, at the end of the course, students receive a literacy statement.
Scholarships of R 1,200 - The PBA foresees the payment of scholarships of R 1,200 for alleators driving classes in alternative spaces, such as associations and community centers. In all, 60 thousand scholarships will be offered, to be distributed according to MEC definitions in conjunction with the municipalities.
Scholarship holders can befabeetizers (who teach reading and writing to the participants of the 12-month cycle operation) or Alphabetizers-Traders-Sign Language interpreters (Libras), specialized professionals who will assist in the literacy of people with hearing impairment. The bags will be paid by means of a benefit card issued by Banco Dobrasil.
FNDE - Program resources come from the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE), according to authorization from the Secretariat of Continuing Education, Youth and Adult Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion (Secadi/MEC), responsible for the management of national policy.
EJA Pact - The National Pact for Overcoming Youth and Adult Qualification and Qualification provides for the creation of 3.3 million new enrollment at EJA and its integrated offer to vocational education, with an investment of over R 4 billion over four years.
11.4 million non -literate people - according to data from the 2022 demographic census, released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), there are about 11.4 million non -literate people in Brazil. In this context, the objectives of the pact are to overcome the illiteracy of young people, adults and the elderly; raise your education; Expand the offer of EJA enrollment in public education systems, including among students deprived of liberty; and increase the supply of EJA integrated with vocational education.
