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21/06/2013
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After reporting on different billing for Prouni and Fies, government issued ordinance requiring disclosure of values and discounts
Disclosure of tuition costs, discount programs and rules of funding programs and scholarships should be made in all the murals and sites of higher education institutions participating in the University for All Program (Prouni) and Student Financing Fund ( Fies). The determination was given by the Ministry of Education (MEC) for a month, within which the institutions would have to conform to standards. But this is not the reality encountered by students.
IG visited institutions in Brasilia and São Paulo, plus search for information on the websites of colleges of other states, and found that the Normative Ruling No. 2 is not being fulfilled. At least, not entirely. Some institutions put in sight of the students to the price list, but do not disclose the contents of the ordinance, for example.
Signed by the Minister of Education, Mercadante, on February 1, 2012, this ordinance was a response to a complaint from the ministry. On January 24, the date of inauguration of the new Minister, the report was published showing that college Bahia Facet charged twice the amount of the monthly scholarship for partial Prouni.
After the first complaint, other students reported similar situations in other institutions as well as beneficiaries of Fies. The Ministry of Education has opened an administrative proceeding against Facet Mercadante and promised to spend "comb" in colleges for irregularities.
To assist the MEC in the task, the Minister has determined that institutions disclose clearly the rules of the two programs (the documentation should be posted on the clipboard and published on the websites), the table of prices and discounts (making clear that rebates should be collective given to fellows and participants Prouni Fies) and phone number of the MEC for complaints. The ordinance should also be disclosed.
Incomplete information
In São Paulo, the report visited the three largest universities offer scholarships Prouni, Universidade São Judas Tadeu University Paulista (Pvt) and Nine University Of July (Uninove) and Anhanguera - university center with a high number of scholarships and also claims - and found that none of the four following all the rules stipulated.
The São Judas Tadeu University offers the largest number of scholarships Prouni in Sao Paulo for this semester (7350) and is the one that is closest to perform the ordinance. On their website, all requirements are met, there is a visible link to a page with all the information of the fellowship program of the federal government, links and telephones of the Ministry of Education (MEC). You can also check the tuition and all percentages of discounts and scholarships offered by the institution. On the campus of Butantan the institution, the values are fixed in a conspicuous and there is a sign informing students that the ordinance can be obtained in the office, but the text itself is not prominent.
The values of tuition are also exposed on campus Brigadier, Anhanguera, but no contacts MEC, or information on Prouni and Fies, you must request it in the office or consult the internet. No other website prices of the courses are not easily found. There is information about the Fies, but not on the Prouni.
Already in the campus and Pvt Uninove Avenue Vergueiro, the breach is total. There is no visible information about tuition, nor on incentive programs to students from the federal government. Both universities offer courses prices on the internet, but only Uninove have clear information about the Prouni and Fies.
In Brasilia, the situation found in the murals of the institutions was no different. In some institutions, the pricing of courses is exposed in the office wall, as in the University Center IESB, the campus of the North Wing. But the ordinance and ECM contacts are not in the same place. On the site, only price information is available, along with links to the official websites of the programs.
The report also visited two other institutions Brasilia. The Centro Universitario de Brasilia (Uniceub) only offers vague in Fies. Students waiting for service in front of a small room without any identification program, or any pricing information and rules on the walls. In the treasury, was a small price list of courses only. In the center of the site, there are values of the courses, but little information about the program.
At the University Center of the Federal District (Unidf), the attendants responded promptly At doubts about both programs and values, but the walls of the room reserved for the service, no information is available. There is no concierge, prices or contacts available to MEC. On the website, you can check the prices.
In sites of other institutions of the federal capital, as the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Unieuro and University Center of the Federal District Plateau (Uniplan), the information is also incomplete. They put prices on the websites, but do not disclose all the rules of the programs, contact the MEC and ordinances.
Facet
College Bahia Facet, institution reported that charged double the tuition of students Prouni, put a notice on their website that suggests that charges tuition at $ 690, a discount for early payment. The "real value", applied to scholarship students is not specified. "Students have the Facet contract with the real value, only value of the contract. The value of R $ 690 prepayment is for the student who chooses the anticipation pays the actual value established in the contract, "the ad says.
The Facet also not published normative decrees of the MEC, or contacts and forms of ministry programs. There is only banners Prouni and Fies with direct links to the official websites of the programs.
The Minister Mercadante said he will monitor compliance with the new rules in institutions.
Source: Agency Brazil
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