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Colleges violate the ordinance that requires prices of courses

05/03/2012

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After reporting on different billing for Prouni and Fies, government issued decree requiring disclosure of values and discounts
 
Disclosure of cost of tuition, discount programs and rules of the funding programs and scholarships should be made on all murals and sites of higher education institutions participating in the University for All Program (Prouni) and the 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 the students.


IG visited institutions in Brasilia and Sao Paulo, and search for information on the websites of colleges of other states, and found that the Regulatory Ordinance No. 2 is not being fulfilled. At least, not entirely. Some institutions place students in the sight of the price list, but do not disclose the contents of the ordinance, for example.
Signed by the Minister of Education, Aloizio Mercadante, on 1 February 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 opened an administrative proceeding against Facet and Mercadante promised to pass a "comb" on faculties for irregularities.

To assist the MEC in the task, the Minister determined that the institutions disclose clearly the rules of the two programs (the documentation should be posted on the clipboard and published on the sites), the pricing and discounts (making it clear that rebates should be collective given to fellows and participants Prouni FIES) and the phone number of the MEC for complaints. The ordinance should also be disclosed.

Incomplete Information

In Sao Paulo, the report visited the three universities with the largest supply of bags Prouni, University São Judas Tadeu, Sao Paulo University (Unip) and University Nove de Julho (Uninove), and Anhanguera - university center with a high number of scholarships and also complaints - and found that none of the four following all the rules stipulated.

The São Judas Tadeu University offers the largest number of grants of Prouni in Sao Paulo for this semester (7.350) and is the one closest to comply with the ordinance. On its website, all requirements are met, there is a visible link to a page with all the details of the scholarship program of the federal government, links and phone numbers of the Ministry of Education (MEC). You can also see the monthly and all percentages of discounts and scholarships offered by the institution. On the campus of the institution of Butantan, the values are fixed in a conspicuous and there is a sign informing students that the ordinance can be requested in the office, but the text itself is not highlighted.

The amounts of fees are also exposed on campus Brigadier, Anhanguera, but no contacts MEC, or information on Prouni and Fies, you must request them in the office or consult the Internet. No other website prices of the courses are not easily found. Information regarding the Fies, but not on the Prouni.

Already in the campus Unip and Uninove Vergueiro Avenue, the failure is total. There is no visible information on tuition or on incentive programs for students in the federal government. The two 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 price list of courses is displayed on the office wall, as in the IESB University Center, North Wing campus. But the ordinance and the ECM contacts are not in the same place. On the site, only the price information is available, along with links to official websites of the programs.

The article also visited two other institutions in Brasilia. The University Centre of Brasilia (Uniceub) only provides jobs in Fies. Students waiting for service in front of a small room without any identification of the program, or any pricing information and rules on the walls. At Treasury, there was a small table of course fees only. In the center site, there are values of the courses, but little information about the program.

In 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 or contacts MEC prices available. On the site, you can check prices.

In sites of other institutions of the federal capital, as the Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), and University Center UNIEURO Plateau Federal District (Uniplan), the information is also incomplete. They put prices on the sites, but do not disclose all the rules of the programs, contact the Ministry of Education and ordinances.

Facet

College Bahia Facet, denounced the institution that charged double the tuition of students Prouni, put a notice on its website that gives the impression that charges tuition of R$ 690, discount for early payment. The "real value", as applied to scholarship students is not specified. "Students have the Facet contract with the actual value, only value of the contract. The value of R$ 690 is for early payment, the student who chooses to pay the anticipated actual value stated in the contract, "says the ad.

The Facet also did not publish the regulatory ordinances of the MEC, or the contacts and forms of ministry programs. There is only banners and Prouni Fies with direct links to official websites of the programs.

The minister Mercadante said it will monitor compliance with the new rules in the institutions.



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