In a memorandum sent to Contigo!, IFFAR admitted that Matthews had falsified the entrance exam, and stressed that he had declared himself “black” to obtain a place in the educational institution.
The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Farroupilha (IFFAR) broke its silence and admitted that the former BBB Matthew Amaral He cheated the entrance examination system in 2014 and entered university through racial quotas. He declared himself a black person, and because of this condition he ended up getting a place on an agricultural engineering course.
In a note sent to with you!The educational institution confirmed that he used this method because at the time the Quota Law of 2012 stipulated that the only document required to prove ethnicity was a declaration issued by the student himself, and that there was no mechanism available to self-verify ethnicity. a permit.
He stressed that the only way to review the fraud would be through a report that no one submitted during the period in which Matthews was a student at the institution.
The BBB 24th runner-up reached the fifth semester of the course, but announced that he was leaving his studies to devote full time to caring for his grandmother, who was ill at the time.
The article asked Matthews to comment on the case, but he did not comment until this text was published. See the full IFFAR statement:
“In 2014, student Mateus Amaral Vargas enrolled in the Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering degree offered in collaboration with Unipampa. He was registered for job openings reserved for black/brown candidates. This information is contained in Notice No. 046/2014, which is public and contains the results of selection for that course in that year. This course, offered jointly with Unipampa, is no longer offered by IFFar since 2021. Matteus Amaral Vargas is also no longer an IFFar student.
Regarding admission through the quota system, it is very important to clarify that at that time, according to the Quota Act 2012, the only document required for quota registration was the candidate's self-declaration. As in other federal educational institutions, there was no mechanism to verify or prove the candidate's statement. However, the notices included information that “detecting any kind of fraud in the conduct of the process exposes the candidate to loss of place and penalties of the law, at any time, even after registration.”
Since there is no specific mechanism to verify self-declaration, potential fraud is only investigated in the event of a complaint. In other words, someone must file a formal complaint with the institution's ombudsman's office. In this case, the matter can be investigated internally, through a normal administrative process, ensuring full defense for all parties. No such report was submitted at that time.
It is also necessary to point out that the national quota policy has improved over time, mainly due to reports of possible fraud at various institutions, many of which have received widespread media coverage. One of the mechanisms in place is cross-identification, which IFFar has adopted since selections were made in 2022 for entry in 2023. Currently, each IFFar campus has a committee of three main persons and two alternates who work in all student selection processes.“
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