The UFRJ Polytechnic School launches a donation campaign aimed at individuals and companies to serve a group of about 800 students who do not have adequate devices and internet access to follow remote teaching. The institution has a total of 4.998 students, in 13 engineering courses, who had their academic activities suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and who return to classes, remotely, next Monday, the 10th.

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According to the Polytechnic Director of UFRJ, Professor Cláudia Morgado, engineering students need access to a computer and, on a regular basis, students with economic hyposufficiency make up for this lack with access to the School's undergraduate and research computer labs.

“In this situation of remote teaching, the need is aggravated because students will need a computer and internet access to attend classes, to communicate with colleagues and to do work using software available on servers and teaching platforms. That is, the demand for IT equipment, which was no longer fully met, increased a lot and the situation became more impactful for the group of students who do not have digital insertion at home”, he explains.

The equipment purchased from what is raised with the campaign will be loaned to students and, after the pandemic, will be available at the Graduation Teaching Laboratories of the 13 courses, which do not have a sufficient number to serve all the students who need.

Donations can be made to the José Bonifácio University Foundation (CNPJ 42.429.480/0001-50), at Banco do Brasil, agency 2234-9, current account 80.618-8. And you are asked to send a message to the Development and Donation Management gf*@fu**.br with a copy of the deposit receipt, with CPF/CNPJ information.