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Professional and Technological Education (EPT) in the new National Education Plan (PNE) was the subject of debate on Tuesday, July 8, at the Federal Senate Education and Culture Commission. The hearing is part of a cycle of debates on the, establishing the PNE for the decade from 2024 to 2034. The Ministry of Education (MEC) was represented by the Secretary of Professional and Technological Education, Marcelo Braganoli.
The secretary stated that the bill sent by MEC covers the quantitative and qualitative aspects of EPT. This is a relevant debate for the search for new partnerships, benefiting those who really need to have access to vocational education, generating employment, income and improvement of peoples quality of life. There is a very high work of several partners to record the growth in technical education, said Breganoli.
The secretary listed federal government actions aimed at the expansion of enrollment and the quality of the courses offered by public and private institutions, citing A, whose decree must be edited by August 2; o, program that supports the permanence and completion of students in high school; o, investment to offer professional qualification and technical courses in various areas; and the initiative linked to the State Debt Payment Program (Propag), which aims to generate 3.3 million vacancies, with 2.6 million in technical courses articulated to high school.
Breganoli also highlighted the implementation of federal institutes throughout Brazil, with the goal of generating more than 140,000 new vacancies in technical and technological courses when the units are in operation.
Debaters - The rector of the Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro (IFTM), Marcelo Ponciano, representing the national time of the institutions of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (Conif); the Superintendent of Professional and Higher Education of the National Industrial Learning Service (Senai), Felipe Morgado; the executive director of the National Forum of Maintainers of Professional and Technological Education Institutions (Brasiltec), Cleunice Matos Rehem; and Assistant Secretary of Training of the Single Workers Central (CUT), Sueli Veiga Melo.
PNE - The National Education Plan sets guidelines, objectives, goals and strategies for education in Brazil for a period of ten years. PNE Orientae promotes the improvement of the quality of education at all levels and modalities of teaching. The objective is to guarantee the right to quality education, the valorization of education professionals and the promotion of equity, overcoming educational challenges and ensuring the continuity of public policies.
