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10/10/2012
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University and Federal institutions should reserve 50% of places for students from public
The Minister of Education, Mercadante said on Wednesday (9), that the regulation of Quota Law, enacted in late August, due out until tomorrow (10) and that universities must adapt their schedules for the law comes into force in early 2013.
The law provides that the federal public universities and technical institutes federal reserve at least 50% of places for students who have completed high school in all public schools, with proportional distribution of seats among blacks, mulattos and Indians. According to the minister, in a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff and Ireland's Michael Higgins, the law must be fulfilled by universities.
- We will try today to tomorrow. The universities that have published their edicts have to make adjustments. The law must be strictly enforced
The decree will detail the rules and the schedule of implementation of the new distribution of seats in the federal system of higher education. The universities and federal institutes will have four years to implement progressively the percentage of quotas established by law, even those that have adopted some kind of system so the selection of students.
The regulations should also create mechanisms to compensate for any differences between students who entered the quotas and the graduates of the universal system, like tutoring.
Source: MEC
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