IFB Offers 450 Spots in Free Online and Distance Learning Courses

IFB Opens This Wednesday (14), 450 Slots for Free EAD Courses for the Campuses of Gama and Ceilândia

The Federal Institute of Brasília (IFB) launched, this Wednesday (14), two announcements with 450 slots for free EAD courses in professional qualification and initial and continuing education. The slots are distributed across the Campuses of Gama and Ceilândia.

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The free courses will be in EAD format for the first semester of 2021. At the Gama Campus, IFB has set the enrollment period from April 16 to 28. At the Ceilândia Campus, IFB has set the enrollment deadline until April 21. Both enrollments for the free course slots will be conducted through the Selection Process System of the IFB.

Slots Offered by IFB for Free EAD Courses

At the Ceilândia campus, selection will be made through a lottery. The slots for the free courses are:

• Basic Knowledge in Weight Loss and Health
• Management for Small Businesses
• Basic Libras

While at the Gama campus, the minimum requirement to participate is that candidates have completed high school. The course opportunities are:

• Basic Drawing
• Good Practices and Food Quality Control
• Teaching Science for the Early Years of Elementary Education
• Spanish Applied to Work
• Basic Libras
• Basic Mathematics for Electronic Spreadsheets
• Principles of Microbiological Safety in Food

For more information or in case of questions, read the announcement of the Gama Campus and that of Ceilândia.

Growth of Free EAD Courses Due to the Pandemic

The beginning of the pandemic in 2020 accelerated the remote learning process. Remote education, initially at the higher education and postgraduate levels, had already shown significant growth in Brazil. Social distancing only gave a small boost to the development of support platforms for EAD across the country.

Between August and October 2020 alone, there was a 39% increase in enrollments for distance degree courses, according to a survey conducted by Unicesumar, the fourth-largest university in Brazil.

Pandemic Increases the Use of Online Technology in Schools and Creates “A Probability” of Improvements

When the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a lockdown across the state about a year ago, schools and educators struggled to make the transition to online EAD learning.

Outside the classroom, learning losses can translate into even greater long-term challenges. It has long been known that reductions in test scores are associated with future declines in the Brazilian job market. On the other hand, increases in student achievement lead to significant rises in future income, just as additional years of schooling are associated with an 8–9 percent gain in lifetime earnings.

The absence of any intervention and the learning losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to have a compounded negative effect on the future well-being of many children. These learning losses may translate into less access to higher education, lower labor market participation, and lower future earnings. The proportion of children educated at home has also increased.

About IFB

IFB is a public educational institution in Brazil, being part of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education. It offers 46 technical courses and 21 undergraduate programs, including ten technological courses, ten degree programs, and one bachelor’s degree, as well as one specialization, one master’s degree, 16 initial training courses, and 37 continuing education courses.

IFB has 10 campuses spread across Brasília. They are: Planaltina, Taguatinga, Brasília, Samambaia, Gama, Riacho Fundo, São Sebastião, Estrutural, Ceilândia, Recanto das Emas.