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05/03/2012
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According to the complaint of another institution, the University of São Paulo would be choosing only a few students to perform Enade
The Ministry of Education (MEC) sent a request to explain the Universidade Paulista (Unip) after receiving the complaint sent by another institution of higher education that there would be irregularities in the notes of Unip in the National Student Performance (Enade).
The proof, applied annually to college, evaluates the quality of education offered by colleges, universities and colleges across the country. The numbers are widely used by institutions in publicity material to attract new students and, in case of poor performance, they may suffer punishment MEC, as the suspension of vacancies.
The complaint referred to the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research (INEP) by the educational institution is that the competitor would Pvt choosing only the best students of each course for the exam. Thus it improves your final grade.
The MEC confirmed that the case came to the minister announced that Inep Aloizio Mercadante and immediately sent the letter to be provided Unip clarification. The institution has a period of ten days to respond to the ministry.
The Unip has its headquarters in Sao Paulo and 27 campuses, including in other states. The vice-chancellor of the institution, Marilia Ancona, denied any maneuver or irregularity in students' participation in Enade. She said the good results achieved by Unip in recent years were "expected" and are a result of work begun in 2008 with the establishment of a committee.
She said the university has invested in preparing students for Enade, after diagnosing that the tests applied internally to evaluate the performance of students had very different model of the exam from INEP. "We invest heavily in educational material, made motivational speeches to explain to students the importance of Enade. Our performance is continually improving the result of extensive work done by highly qualified people. But some competitors do not like. "
According to the teacher, all information will be forwarded to the MEC so that the institution receiving the letter sent by the government.
University has a history
The Unip has a history of irregularities in advertising. In September last year, showed that despite an announcement of the institution stating that it "shining in OAB - 3rd place nationally," the practice was among the institutions with low approval ratings in the examination of law, with only 6,7% of candidates.
The institution was sanctioned by the National Council of self-regulation (Conar) and had to withdraw the advertisement.
Source: MSN News
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