Resumo

VASCONCELOS, Simão Dias  e  LIMA, Kênio Erithon Cavalcante. Inclusão social e acesso às universidades públicas: o programa “Professores do Terceiro Milênio”. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2004, n.29, pp.67-86. ISSN 0103-6831.

The enormous inequity in the access to university among students from private and public schools fosters the creation of strategies aiming to increase the “competitiveness” of students from public schools. The Program Teachers of the Third Millennium, developed by the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), aims to offer continued education to students from public schools. It envisages mainly candidates to Science Teaching Courses at UFPE and UFRPE, as it seeks to turn out teachers with a thorough scientific knowledge and a strong commitment with the quality of education in Brazil. The classes, taught by students of Science Teaching Courses, are daily and free. Since 1997, the Program has helped to approve 420 students at the public universities with approval rates ranging from 24% to 66%. Biology is the most sought after area, and the one with the highest approval rates. The Program is one of the largest of its kind in Brazil and it helps empowering less-privileged students to join higher education, amplifying their access to full citizenship.

Palavras-chave : Science Teaching; Citizenship; Undergraduate Courses; Social Inclusion.

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