📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Secretariat of Higher Education (SESU), will start payment of the cost of the Tutorial Education Program (PET). The funds will be passed on via National Education Development Fund (FNDE) to the test card of each program participant. It will be R 6.3 million credited, in a schedule that will range from August 1 to December 31.
According to the calendar defined by the MEC, the period of approval of costing by the dean of each higher education institution runs until this Sunday, July 20. Following this will be sent to FNDE, between July 21 and 31, to start payments.
The PET aims to foster tutorial learning groups by granting scientific initiation scholarships to undergraduate students and tutoring scholarships to PET group tutors. It is organized from the graduation levels, through the constitution of groups of undergraduate students and under the guidance of a tutor teacher, to carry out activities that enable a broad academic education to students and involving teaching, research and extension.
PET group tutors teachers receive a monthly tutoring scholarship in the amount of R 1,500, if they have a masters title; or R 2,200, if they have a doctors title. It is not allowed to accumulate this value with any other type of scholarship.
PET - The Tutorial Education Program (PET), created by Law No. 11.180/2005 and regulated by Ordinance No. 976/2010, fosters Tutorial Learning Groups. This is done by granting scientific initiation scholarships to undergraduate students and tutoring scholarships to PET group teachers. In addition, the program contributes to the formation of future teachers and researchers, aiming at the quality of university education. It is a policy that acts for the consolidation of the tripod teaching, research and extension in higher education institutions.
MEC Communication Advisory, with information from SESU and FNDE
