📋 Tender Overview
According to the approved text, in the 2026 university admission process, it will be required to be in the 33rd percentile or higher; in 2027 admission, the 37th percentile or higher; 2028, at 42 or higher; and in 2029, in 47 or higher. After the Lower House approved the changes introduced by the Senate regarding the project that regulates new requirements to enter Pedagogy careers and programs, the norm was ready to be promulgated as law. In the Chamber of the Upper House, the legislators supported the wording proposed by the . In the last ordinary session, the president of said body, the senator, highlighted the importance of extending the application of the new requirements to enter Pedagogy careers and programs. The idea is to postpone the increase in requirements established by Law 20,903 enacted in 2016 that creates the Teaching Professional Development System (SDPD). Said legal body raised the minimum entry score by more than 120 points. The parliamentarian recalled that the intention is to avoid the consequences that would be generated by the abrupt entry of students with the current admission conditions. Those selected would be significantly reduced. The proposal froze the requirements for 2026 and established a new mechanism, however, the Commission chose to approve an alternative text. Along the same lines, the Minister of Education recalled that the teaching career law established a high standard for those who entered to study and then it was determined that all pedagogies must be accredited. The aim is to avoid postponing the requirement as it had been doing and to establish a trajectory that leads us to a better requirement. It should be noted that on January 5, 2026, the scores of the Higher Education Admission Test (PAES) must be known, and on the same day the Application Portal will be opened for that students can apply to universities affiliated with the Higher Education Access System. APPROVED PROJECT IN EDUCATION The current law establishes that it is a requirement to enter a career in Pedagogy, to have taken the higher education access test or the instrument that replaces it, and to obtain a performance that places the student in the 60th percentile or higher taking into account the average of mandatory tests (Language and Communication, and Mathematical Competence 1). The indication approved by legislators unanimously adjusts this percentage. In this way, in the 2026 university admission process, it will be required to be in the 33rd percentile or higher; in 2027 admission, the 37th percentile or higher; 2028, at 42 or higher; and in 2029, in 47 or higher. Starting in 2030, what the current law indicates will apply, which is 60 or higher, which is equivalent to approximately 528 points. Added to this are the alternative requirements of being within the top 20% of the Secondary Education Grades (NEM) in the educational establishment, entering through Pedagogical Talent Attraction Programs (PATP), or being registered in the National Disability Registry.
