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EBAC and Indique uma Preta launch scholarship program with free online courses that will benefit the black and indigenous population of Brazil
With the aim of creating professional opportunities and making access to education and the job market in Brazil more diverse and inclusive, the EBAC – British School of Creative Arts and Technology, in partnership with the consultancy Indicate a Preta, launched last Monday (20/11), the Scholarship Program of free courses that will benefit people who declare themselves black, brown or indigenous across the country. Registration remains open until 10/12.
In the Program, EBAC will make available 50 free scholarships for courses in the areas of Design, Programming & Data, Audiovisual, Games, Marketing, Software, Business and Fashion. Indique uma Preta, in turn, will choose the winners and will provide, over the course of three months, mentoring to the selected people.
The importance of the Scholarship Program
Little by little, Brazilian companies are paying more and more attention to diversity and inclusion. After all, racial inequality in the Brazilian job market is far from being resolved and action is needed.
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According to Race & job market research: an account that still doesn't close, carried out in 2022 by Indique and Mindsight, 59% of the more than 2500 respondents stated that they work in companies where black people make up less than half of the workforce. Furthermore, 84,8% of respondents believe that racial diversity in companies contributes to better business results.
For the co-founder of Indique uma Preta, Daniele Mattos, the action with EBAC represents growth and development in two ways. “We have a community hungry for development – which does not mean that these people do not have the necessary qualifications to enter the job market. In fact, the overqualification of the community ends up being a tool for combating racism. So, have a Scholarship Programs in a respected institution like EBAC provides input to this very engaged community. And I believe that EBAC, as an institution, will become stronger and has a lot to learn from the insights and the exchanges that will be provided through this Program”, he says.
How the free course scholarship program will work
Requirements: The person interested in participating, in addition to declaring themselves black, mixed race or indigenous, must be over 18 years old, fill out the form and answer questions that will serve as criteria for choosing the winners. It is selection will be made by the Indicate a Preta team.
“As we understand that EBAC has courses that can cover many people, we are not going to make restrictions. We will open the selection to women, men and other gender intersectionalities. From this, we will look at some intersections, for example, if people are mothers, if they are people with disabilities, if they are part of the community LGBTQIAP+ or if they live in peripheral areas. And then, we will cross-reference these sections to be able to select a more diverse audience for the Scholarship Program”, explains communications analyst at Indique uma Preta, Aretha Teodoro.
Benefits: In addition to competing for scholarships, all those enrolled in the Program will receive support material to help build their career and also to choose the EBAC course. According to Rebecca, the idea of support material is to be a guide for subscribers. “We obtained information from the EBAC Career Center about professional tips and constructions and we will share it with everyone who sign up for the Program", account.
Rebecca also says that the support material will contain instructions for each person selected to choose an EBAC course assertively. This is because, as the institution offers more than 150 courses, it is important that this choice is in line with her professional objective.
Indicate a Preta Mentoring
In addition to the EBAC course, the 50 people selected in the Scholarship Program for free courses They will also receive free mentoring, which starts in January and runs until March, to be taught by the Indique uma Preta team.
“The idea of mentoring is to monitor the selected people. We have some objectives, for example, to develop these people, help them to grow in their jobs, get promotions or enter the job market. So in mentoring we monitor and actively listen to understand whether the initial KPIs are being addressed and whether there are other points to be mapped and developed”, explains Daniele.
Mentoring, which was developed specifically for the Program, It will happen once a month, collectively and will also be a space where people can share their experiences, ask questions and also ask networking.
Apply now
If you are interested in participating in the Free Course Scholarship Program, a project developed by EBAC in partnership with Indicate a Preta, and fits the requirements, register now! Click here and fill out the form. Remember: registrations will be open until 10/12.
The selection result will be announced on social media, both from EBAC and Indique uma Preta, on the 13/12th. The selected people will also be contacted via email.
