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Speaking in the Plenary this Tuesday (31), Senator Confucio Moura (MDB-RO) stated that Brazilian higher education faces challenges related to dropout rates and quality in training. For him, although the country has expanded access to undergraduate education in recent decades, this progress occurred accompanied by the expansion of distance education (EAD) and the growth in the number of private institutions. This, according to him, requires careful evaluation of the results.
-- This type of teaching has been growing a lot and is cheaper. Today I even see some courses there, such as courses in the exact area, such as distance education. I cant understand how you can do veterinary medicine, agronomy, take any distance learning course. This forces us to ask an essential question: what type of training are we offering? -- he questioned.
The parliamentarian defended greater planning in the creation and maintenance of courses at public universities, based on the real demand of students and the use of existing structures. According to him, there are courses with low participation and a reduced number of graduates, which compromises the efficiency of public investment.
-- In some cases, a teacher who could be training hundreds of students over the years is unable to train even half or a third. Professors at public universities have doctors, post-doctors. The huge investment that the government makes and invests in these teachers, sometimes, has no return, it does not correspond to the students present. We have to plan education to make the most of it, even opening the doors of universities to those who want to study -- he said.
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