Students recorded in the program have motorboats with companies with capital higher than $ 10 million; State secretariat of education strengthens the social relevance of the program and claims that it is awaiting to send the name of the students to identify the fraud
The state of Santa Catarina (TCE-SC) identified 1,260 millionaire students who enjoyed the free university program, launched by the state government in 2023 to grant scholarships for higher education. Of the total, 19 are students belonging to families with equity of over R $ 200 million. One of these is part of a family whose fortune exceeds $ 855 million, according to a report published in the Official Gazette of Santa Catarina on Monday 21.
The report of the auditors’ Court was commissioned by the Department of Education (SED) to identify and investigate inconsistencies in the program between 2023 and 2024
Initially, the auditors court had identified 858 millionaire students in the program, with declared goods that range from motorboats and luxury cars to companies with a higher capital of $ 10 million. The first report was voted by the consultants and sent to the state government.
On June 11, one day after the fraud, the governor of Santa Catarina, Jorginho Mello (PL), determined the opening of an investigation from Civil police to investigate the suspicions of improper use of the program, as the government said to Estadão.
Already on Monday, the Court has published a new survey, correcting the inconsistent data in the first phase. In this new investigation, the number of millionaire students in the program reaches 1,260. Added, the legacy of the families of 19 students with an income higher than $ 200 million reaches $ 7 billion.
Furthermore, according to the new report, 15,281 beneficiaries of the program would omit the resources of their families to obtain the approval of the educational program. Another 4,430 students have declared an incompatible income with what they really have.
To achieve these data, the state court of the auditors has gone through the information declared by the students and their families with various public and government bases, with the aim of verifying employment, income, naturalness, residence and even if there were people who died among the members of the family group. The results were mentioned Judicial proceedings from Santa Catarina (MPSC).
“In short, the details of the activities will allow SED to have effective and centralized control, to act in the concession phase or to help the inspection committees of the university institutions and request measures when appropriate,” said the TCE-SCSON DOS SANTO SICCA CONSULTURE CONSULTY, the survey report.
The SC government has not yet received the report
The Secretary of State for Education declared that, at the time of the publication of this text, it had not yet been officially informed of the conclusion of the new report of the ACA. The folder awaits that he sends students’ names with inconsistencies to cross information with the government data and identify fraud.
“It is essential to emphasize the social relevance of these programs, which currently support more than 50,000 students in the Higher Education institutions of Santa Catarina. The data demonstrate the clear alignment with their objectives: 82% of the beneficiaries are graduated in state public schools and 85% of the work contemplated, highlighting the note, highlighting the note.
Source: Terra

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