Vélez Rodrigues: the idea of a university for everyone is over; it's only for the elite.
"The idea of university for all doesn't exist"; this phrase doesn't come from a banker or a rural landowner; it comes from Bolsonaro's Minister of Education, Ricardo Vélez Rodriguez; he is categorical: universities are for the elites; "Universities should be reserved for an intellectual elite, which is not the same as the economic elite [of the country]."
247"The idea of university for all doesn't exist." This phrase doesn't come from a banker or a rural landowner. It comes from... Bolsonaro's Minister of Education, Ricardo Vélez Rodriguez, is adamant: universities are for the elite. "Universities should be reserved for an intellectual elite, which is not the same as the economic elite [of the country]."
Vélez stated in interview to journalist Hugo Passarelli, in Valor Econômico, that It makes no sense for a lawyer to study for six years to be an Uber driver: "nothing against Uber, but this person could have avoided wasting six years studying law." According to the minister, the "financial return" from technical courses is greater and more immediate than that of a university degree.
The minister said thatThe EU is seeking a model similar to that of countries like Germany. He says that charging tuition fees at public universities is not yet under study, but it is urgent to rebalance their budgets. The minister also defends the reduction of the Student Financing Fund (Fies) initiated by Temer.
Journalist Hugo Passarelli describes: "Surrounded by his main advisors and top-level secretaries during the interview, Vélez says that he is only developing the guidelines for what should be the hallmark of his administration at the head of the Ministry of Education, with goals aligned with the slogan 'Less Brasília, more Brazil' of Jair Bolsonaro's government. The diagnoses and development of programs are the responsibility of his secretaries, who are still studying the measures of previous administrations."
And he adds: "Considered a minister from Bolsonaro's 'ideological' wing, Vélez criticizes what he calls gender ideology in schools, which teach 'boys to kiss boys and girls to kiss girls.' When questioned about the lack of empirical evidence to support this thesis, he simply stated that this is not an issue that interests him. 'But if there is a demand from society, we will discuss it,' he says. Last year, the 'School Without Parties' project, the main synthesis of this line of thought, was shelved in a Chamber of Deputies committee. However, its return to the legislative process is not ruled out."