Damares Alves provokes new controversy by criticizing the Sisu rule | New

Minister Damares Alves spoke with Enem and Sisu during an interview with Globonews on Thursday (3). It was not the first time. On Tuesday 1, when he took office, Damares had already criticized the possibility of students making Enem go to universities outside the states where they live. because they're far from the family, she says.

In the interview, Damares reaffirmed his understanding: "The boy from Rio Grande do Sul manufactures Enem, he pbades the medical examination in Amapá, his big dream and that of his family This boy is out of context, sometimes he's only 16. Can we not start thinking about public policy, that this boy is a little closer to the family? " but in other countries it happens. "But in other countries, Dad has money to visit his son from time to time."

Ministry's Unified Selection System Education, Sisu, allows students to take advantage of the Enem grade to study at universities in the country and not just at the place where they pbaded the test.

Also in the interview with Globonews, Damares Alves was asked if the role of the government was to deal with personal and family matters. She once again defended the state's efforts to strengthen the family union: "The state can not be left out with regard to the weakening of family ties. We come with this proposal. Without state intervention, the state can develop public policies to strengthen ties. And if the Bolsonaro government proposes to do it, I think it's going in the right direction because the previous models were not working very well. "

During the interview, during the interview, on how to proceed, the Minister did not indicate any concrete steps.He said that it was not a criticism of Enem, but an ideology of the protection of the family.The Damares Ministry does not take care of the Enem.C is a mission of the Ministry of Education.

The opinion of the Minister of Education, Ricardo Velez Rodrigues, indicated that it "does not return to the MEC to comment on the statements of ministers from other branches of government". [19659008] In 2017, 10% of the total number of students enrolled in federal institutions, or more than 31,000 students, studied outside their home country.

Leaving home behind the dream of the university is a reality, not only in Brazil, but in several countries.In the United States, it is common and even encouraged that adolescents study in other countries. States, even though it costs more.

Doralice came from São Paulo to study at the University of Brasilia. He studied social sciences at UnB via Sisu, using the Enem note. She is the first in the family to enter a university.

Doralice says that far from home, she matures: "You are far from the family, you need … You have great freedom, but it also requires a lot of responsibility.You are responsible for yourself. So it's a growth, I think it's a unique experience in the life of a student. "

Cleyton Gontijo, a professor at the University of Brasilia, criticized the Minister's statements. He added that Damares challenged the right to make individual choices and pointed out that the university phase was the beginning of adulthood.

"I think that a little bit of this speech goes away from what is claimed to be, in reality, development.It is a personal, academic and professional development. From maturity to life and to all your reality Family ties are extremely important, but today the family can be close to the student, accompany him in his daily life, necessarily without being physically at his side. In my opinion, the minister's speech, which translates in a practical way, would only restrict the right to choose, which Sisu already allows today, namely to choose a university outside the region where the student lives. "Student, that is, anywhere in Brazil," he says.