📋 Tender Overview
More than 16,000 education professionals from all over Brazil can participate in the face -to -face meetings of the 2025 edition of continuing education, to be held this month. The initiative of the Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Secretariat of Basic Education (SEB), has the participation of 4,673 federative entities that registered the training - about 84% of the total existing in the country. Of the 16,785 vacancies offered, 95% were occupied.
The face -to -face meetings of training take place between April 16 and May 30 in the 26 states of the country and are promoted by MEC in partnership with federal universities. The goal is to articulate knowledge, mobilize and strengthen collaboration networks for the local implementation of full -time integral education. State events have gathered managers, technicians from the Education Secretariats and representatives of the Municipal Councils, in order to strengthen the implementation of the Full -time School Program (ETI) and allow the exchange of experiences between municipalities.
The 120 -hour course is offered at a distance and foresees at least two face -to -face meetings per state, with a specific regional schedule between April and May. The meetings include activities such as round debate tables, lectures, conversation wheels for exchanging experiences and practical workshops - such as the presentation of the Virtual Learning Environment (AVA), as well as clarification sessions of questions with MEC technicians.
The face -to -face training has already occurred in several states. In Santa Catarina, on April 16, in the city of Lages (SC), 550 professionals, from 204 municipalities, participated in the course at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS), coordinating institution of training in the southern region.
On April 25, Ceara and Mato Grosso do Sul received the training. In Fortaleza, 400 participants from 115 municipalities took classes at the Federal University of Ceara (UFC). Already in Campo Grande (MS), at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 120 people, from 31 municipalities, participated.
Bahians and Sergipans were also present in training on April 29. In Salvador (BA), 343 education professionals from 140 municipalities were in classes at the State University of Bahia (UNEB). In the city of Aracaju (SE), the course had 136 participants from 54 municipalities in the auditorium of the Epifanio Doria Public Library.
In May, the first training took place on May 6, in Santa Maria (RS), with 1,000 professionals, from 344 municipalities. The activities were coordinated by UFFS, which also organized, on May 7, the meeting in the city of Guarapuava (PR). 855 people from 258 municipalities participated in the initiative.
On May 7th, the training took place in the city of Recife (PE), at the Educators Training School Professor Paulo Freire, which had 374 participants, from 113 municipalities. On May 9, the training was held in the state of Piaui. The city of Teresina (PI) received 283 participants from 125 municipalities.
The meetings addressed topics such as intersectoriality, curriculum, program operation and cooperative learning, as well as cultural presentations and documentaries. The focus of face-to-face meetings and training focuses on the elaboration of the full-time integral education policy, as required by, which regulates the program.
