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The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has sued the Federal Court in Acre to execute the sentence that holds the Federal University of Acre (Ufac) responsible for failures that occurred in the entrance exam held in 2011. The objective is to guarantee the payment of compensation to candidates who were prevented from participating in the selection process.
Ufac Headquarters/Photo: ContilNet
The conviction was based on reports of students being barred on the day of the test on the grounds that they had ID cards that had expired. As pointed out by the MPF, the inspection adopted divergent procedures during the contest, allowing some candidates to take the test with expired documents or renewal protocols, while others were prevented, which compromised the equality and legal security of the entrance exam.
After a first instance decision, the case was analyzed by the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1), which partially accepted the appeal presented by the MPF. The court upheld the results of the entrance exam, as it understood that it was a consolidated situation, but recognized that there was harm to the candidates who were unduly excluded.
In the ruling, the TRF1 determined that the conviction be converted into damages. Each harmed candidate must receive compensation for moral damage in the amount of R$5,000, in addition to the refund of the registration fee for material damage. The decision also required Ufac to pay a fine of R$50,000 to the Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights. The sentence became final in October 2025, and the values must be monetarily updated.
When requesting compliance with the decision, the MPF requested that the university widely publicize the right to compensation, including through a notice, so that interested parties can individually qualify to receive the amounts. If the number of qualifications is considered insufficient within the legal deadline, the body may continue collective execution.
The MPF also requested the issuance of a court order to collect the fine allocated to the Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights. According to calculations presented in the records, the updated value, with interest and monetary correction, already exceeds R$ 205 thousand.
According to Public Prosecutor Lucas Costa Almeida Dias, the initiative seeks to ensure the reparation of individual and collective damages resulting from failures in the conduct of the selection process, reinforcing the public administration’s obligation to adopt objective, isonomic criteria aligned with the principles of legality, impersonality and legal security.
