Pronatec – Find out about the best course options available today

Pronatec – National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment created in 2011 by the Ministry of Education (MEC), offers educational access to Brazilian students and workers who seek job opportunities and professional qualification.

The program works with federal, state, district and municipal networks of professional and technological education, with the National Learning Services (SENAI, SENAC, SENAR AND SENAT) and also with private institutions.

The professional and technical courses offered by Pronatec have high rate of acceptance and employability.

Therefore, the program attracts young people and adults who are looking for professional training or a gateway to the job market. In addition, the offer of face-to-face and distance courses is also another positive point of the project..

Free courses Pronatec 2022

The technical and professional courses offered by Pronatec are completely free, instigating demand and competition for its comprehensive category.

Faced with this situation, subgroups were created to expand the service, reaching the largest number of interested parties.

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Pronatec EJA: offered through a training grant to young people and adults who did not finish high school at the appropriate age, popularly known as supplementary education;

e-Pronatec: Integrated with the ETECs in Brazil, the program aims to deliver technical education to young people and adults through digital platforms, so the student will have the flexibility to choose the best time to study.

What is the Pronatec 2022 training scholarship?

To the training scholarships these are vacancies available entirely free of charge in public or private schools that offer technical education aimed at low-income people, and are divided into: worker training scholarship and student training scholarship, according to their definitions.

Worker Training Scholarship: offers courses lasting 160 class hours aimed at beneficiaries of the federal government's productive inclusion programs, and those who are on unemployment insurance.

Student Scholarship: this modality offers technical courses with a longer duration, 800 class hours, concurrent or subsequent, aimed at students who have finished or are still studying high school, and want to enter the job market.

Who can participate in Pronatec 2022?

High school students from the public school system, students of Youth and Adult Education (EJA), workers and beneficiaries of income transfer programs, for example, Auxílio Brasil, and also students who completed high school in private schools of teaching, as a full scholarship holder, can also participate.

Pronatec courses 2022

The program aims to serve the largest number of people within its specifications, therefore it offers two modalities, namely technical training and initial and continued training, check out the details:

Technical graduation: offered to students who have already completed high school, it has a workload of 800 to 1200 hours, with an average duration of one and a half to two years. To compete in the technical course modality, the student must be enrolled or have completed high school.

Initial and Continuing Training: with a greater scope, the course is offered with a minimum workload of 160 hours, which must be completed in about three to six months. The audience for which it is intended is extensive, ranging from public high school students, people with disabilities to workers in the process of professional rehabilitation. For these vacancies, the list is extensive, and can serve students from elementary to high school.

Pronatec EAD - Distance Learning

Training courses in the EAD modality offer students flexibility in their study schedule, with the same quality offered to students in face-to-face courses. They can attend classes in the same way as any other distance learning course: with handouts, video classes and teachers to answer questions in the online environment.

Categorically, these courses are chosen by people who have not found vacancies for areas of interest in the face-to-face modality, or even those who work autonomously, or have difficulty attending face-to-face classes due to the distance from the institution offering the course.

Registrations

It is the responsibility of the participating educational institution to publicize vacancies. Therefore, check the participating institutions in your region or nationally in the EAD modality, and check the registration requirements.

Vacancies are distributed according to the student calendars of each location.

Interested parties can also consult the vacancies available in their region by accessing the Pronatec website (www.pronatecmec.com.br) and filling out the form with some requested information.

There are many opportunities to register in all categories, so those interested should be attentive, seeking information by digital or face-to-face means.

If you fit the above requirements, look for a participating institution, state your interest, and apply.

Created to reduce the large number of professionals lacking qualifications, the program has already trained thousands of people, including them in the job market, technically qualified.

Take advantage of opportunities and seek professional training for an increasingly demanding market.