The number of people who joined higher education with the FIES (Higher Education Student Financing Fund) plummeted between 2014 and 2023. According to the Higher Education Map in Brazil, the contracts went from 733,000 to 50 thousand.
The study also indicated 22,000 contracts in 2024.
The was released on Wednesday (12) by Semesp, an institute that represents the maintenance of higher education in Brazil.
In a press conference, Rodrigo Capelato, executive director of Semesp, explained that one of the reasons for this is the decreased vacancies. Another reason is that the FIES selection policy is restrictive.
“They started to have such a strong logic of restriction that It looks like private financing. People can’t access Fies, ”he said.
“For most candidates, FIES does not finance 100% of the course, only for those who have half a minimum wage of per capita income,” said the executive, referring to.
Capelato stated that, often, financing of only 50% or 60% of the course is not enough for the candidate, because he cannot afford the rest.
Higher Education Map in Brazil
The study also indicates that the.
That year, there were 455,597 enrollment with partial scholarships and 160,677 enrollment with total scholarships, benefiting more than 616,000 students. Already in 2023, the number went to 337,602 partial and 66,369 full bags, reaching almost 404 thousand people.
