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Brazil 2026 education policy and exam initiatives

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In May ~~2026~~ 2026, Brazil’s Ministry of Education set the deadline for ~~fee‑exemption~~ fee-exemption appeals for the National High School Exam (ENEM) and announced automatic enrollment for ~~public‑school~~ public-school seniors. Registration opened on 25 May, with ~~a fee of R$ 85 and~~ exams on 8 and 15 November. The deadline was repeatedly extended in June, and the complementary Sisu+ round opened on 15 June, filling ~~99.5 %~~ 99.5% of its ~~9 436 public‑university~~ 9,436 public-university slots. Parallel programmes such as Prouni scholarship registration (July) and FIES loans were also launched, alongside ~~cash‑incentive~~ cash-incentive schemes like ~~Pé‑de‑Meia~~ Pé-de-Meia and the PDDE Equidade ~~school‑funding~~ school-funding plan. ~~Later in the year the Ministry continued to expand scholarship access. On 28 July~~ Regarding the 2026/2 ~~round of the~~ Prouni ~~programme opened a wait‑list~~ cycle, the program offered over 471,000 scholarships—comprising 219,725 full-tuition and 251,579 partial awards—across 879 private institutions. A documentation verification period for ~~candidates not pre‑selected in earlier calls; interested~~ pre-selected students ~~must confirm participation on~~ in the ~~Gov.br portal~~ second call concluded on 14 August. For those not selected in the first two calls, the window to express interest in the waiting list is 26–27 August, with results ~~announced~~ due on 1 September and required documentation to be submitted to the chosen institution. The same period saw the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) open applications for a free Pre‑Vestibular preparatory course, offering 120 spots to public‑school students, with applications closing on 7 August and classes starting on 10 August. Regarding the Prouni second call, students must verify registration information by submitting documentation—including identification, residence, income, and academic records—directly to their selected private institution. While some deadlines for pre-selected candidates extend to 14 September, others must complete subsequent verification by running through 14 ~~August.~~ September. A dispute arose when student Eduardo Luvizetto dos Santos was denied a ~~full‑tuition~~ full-tuition award at UNIP because the university counted his mother’s online betting transactions as family income. To support low-income students, the Ministry of Education provides the ‘Bolsa Permanência’ (Stay Scholarship) of R$ 700 monthly. To qualify, students must hold a 100% Prouni scholarship, be enrolled in an in-person, full-time degree program of at least six semesters, and maintain an average of at least six hours of daily class attendance. Applicants must coordinate with their specific institution's Prouni office, as there is no centralized national application platform for this benefit.

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