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03/24/2015
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Students from Veiga de Almeida University in protest against inadequate access to finance Photo: Marcia Foletto
BRASILIA - The federal government will make a blitz in the accounts of private higher education institutions participating in the Student Financing Fund (FIES) to see which of them abusively readjusted the values of fees; and at the end of the inspection, impose penalties ranging from fines the revocation of the operating license. The fine-toothed comb is provided by decree signed jointly by the Ministry of Education (MEC) and Ministry of Justice (MJ) to be published on Monday.
There will be 60 working days of a task force formed by eight technicians: two representatives of Higher Education Secretariat (Sesu) MEC, a Legal MEC Consulting, two of the National Education Development Fund (ENDF) and three of the Secretariat National Consumer (Senacon) MJ.
Enforcement is part of the government's policy at the time of severe fiscal adjustment, decrease the size of Fies, which cost almost £ 14 billion last year. A limit of 6.4% in adjustments was imposed by the MEC, in February, for revalidation of Fies contracts. Last week, the folder now allows additions above this ceiling, provided that the institutions have analyzed the accounts, which will be for the inter-ministerial group.
According to the National Secretary of Senacon, Juliana Pereira, the private educational institutions can not, in any event, an abusive practice price, especially if part of a federal program of student support. She explains that, even if the payments are made in full by the government along the benefited graduation, colleges would be damaging ultimately the student, who will have to pay for that funding after the end of the course.
- If there is no justification for the higher costs, private institutions are subject to review of Senacon. They can undermine a program designed to benefit students, their advantage - says Juliana.
She lists, based on the Consumer Protection Code, some sanctions that may apply if abusive adjustments have been carried fines, temporary suspension of activities and revocation of the license to operate.
In addition to harm the students can borrow at high levels, stratospheric prices end up functioning as a barrier clause, according to Juliana. That's because impede access of students who do not fit the Fies, have greater income but also can not afford the high tuition fees.
The group's first meeting will analyze the amounts charged by higher education institutions is scheduled for Tuesday. In previous meetings, the MEC and the ENDF already passed on to the Senacon information and data on the situation to be evaluated. Procons across the country were alerted to the situation of students who have received charges to the institutions, said Juliana. And, she said, are already prepared to act in the service of students.
The last swing MEC, released on Friday, shows that of the 1.9 million contracts of the Student Financing Fund (FIES) will have to be revalidated until April 30, 12% have not yet had the registration started, 37 % of the records are in progress and 51% were finalized. The number of new contracts, which follow the same period of the current, reaches 196,000.
Although the complaint of students who fail to win new contracts or amend the current is still frequent, the Acting Minister of Education, Luiz Claudio Costa, draws attention to the balance sheet data as a sign that the Computerised System Fies (SisFies) was aperfeiçoado.- In recent days, the MEC and the ENDF worked, and continue working hard to ensure stability SisFies, whether for contracts or amendments to new participants - said Costa O Globo. According to him, if the abusive adjustments become proven, MEC will "work with the institutions, case by case," to seek a solution. But students of these colleges will be prejudiced, says the Minister of Education.
Source: Extra
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