Secretary of Vocational and Technological Education SETEC

Secretaria de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica - SETEC
(Secretary of Vocational and Technological Education)

http://portal.mec.gov.br/setec/

The Secretary of Vocational and Technological Education depends on the Ministry of Education of Brazil.

Its functions are:

To plan, guide, coordinate and supervise the process of formulation and implementation of the policies of secondary and technological education.

To support the development of educational systems at the secondary and technological level in the different levels of government by means of financial and technical support.

To establish mechanisms of articulation and integration with the productive sectors in terms of qualitative demand of professionals in the context of technological education.

To promote exchanges with public and private institutions, at the national and international level.

To watch over the enforcement of educational legislation in the context of secondary and technological education.