MEC launches training program based on demands from the productive sector

The goal is for students to acquire knowledge that they would have only after being hired in the job market

The launch of the Capacitation 4.0 program was carried out through a virtual event, this Thursday (8) - Photo: Diego Rocha / MEC

Oct 8, The Ministry of Education (MEC) launched, in a virtual event, this Thursday (8), Training 4.0, a program that will provide students from the Federal Network and Federal Universities with training in which, as trainees, they will solve real problems brought by the productive sector into educational institutions, with the mentoring of teachers selected to participate in the process. The program is the result of a partnership between MEC and the Brazilian Industrial Research and Innovation Company (Embrapii) and the National Service for Industrial Learning (Senai).

The Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro highlighted-

Our era is marked by intense changes generated by the insertion of technology in all contexts of our life. This occurs in industry and the economy. In education, too, it is no different. That is why, more and more, the Ministry of Education has been mobilizing to seek and offer answers to this new social reality, to cover a new perspective of education, education for the 4.0 world

The training approach will be practical and students will work directly on innovation projects, in which science and technology will be applied to develop solutions that will serve companies. To participate in Training 4.0, students will undergo a selection process. Once selected, the trainee will receive a scholarship to pay for his / her stay and performance. In the end, you will receive a certificate, with the program seal.

“This is an innovative proposal as a public educational policy, with the potential to point out pioneering paths in the approach necessary to offer training to students in a world in constant transformation”, commented the Secretary of Professional and Technological Education of the Ministry of Education (MEC), Wandemberg Wenceslau.

When participating in innovation projects, the goal is for students to acquire knowledge that they would have only after being hired. In this way, they will develop the ability to negotiate, work in multilevel and multidisciplinary teams, in addition to learning in practice about flexibility, communication, creativity, planning, conflict resolution, management, entrepreneurship, among other skills.

The new learning will be evaluated based on a methodology developed by Senai, a pioneer institution in the diagnosis and assessment of socio-emotional skills. For this, teachers who will act as mentors to students will be trained in this methodology.