The Ministry of Education announces, on Wednesday, that the list of educational units that will receive funding for activities to prevent functional illiteracy and school dropout has been published. It is about more than 650 schools, and all primary level students will be included in the project.
“More than 650 schools will receive funding for activities to prevent functional illiteracy and school dropout, through the PRIMII project – Program for the Success of Primary Education through Integrated Intervention Measures. The final list of projects selected for funding has been published,” the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday.
The list can be consulted here (PDF file, opens in new window)
The institution specifies that all primary level students from the selected educational units (PJ + structures) will be included in the program, who are in the category of very high or high risk of leaving school early and dropping out, according to the Early Warning Mechanism in Education (MATE) and the degree of community marginalization (UNICEF index).
The projects accepted for financing were selected in descending order of the score obtained, with the application of the tie-breaking criteria provided by the Methodology approved by Ministerial Order no. 5,798/2026, within the budget allocated to the 2026 – 2027 round.
The funding can be used for activities such as:
- all primary level students individualized lessons, remedial activities;
- providing food for the students participating in the project;
- extracurricular and extracurricular activities;
- didactic materials for remedial and support activities, educational resources;
- counselling, therapy (counseling and school orientation for students, parental counselling).
For the projects accepted for financing, the Ministry of Education and Research will conclude financing agreements with the beneficiary educational units.
“Projects with reserve status can be financed, in the order of the list, in the event that funds are made available as a result of the withdrawal, renunciation or non-conclusion of the financing agreement by the educational units admitted for financing, the decommitment of some amounts or the supplementing of the allocated budget, within the limits of the available amounts”, the Ministry of Education also sent.
