The justification is that public resources have been mostly destinations for the promotion of high-performance sports. And that goes against the Federal Constitution which says that the priority should be the educational sport. According to the author of the proposal, the current context shows that the State has become the major funder of performance sports. In consultation with Siafi (Federal Government Integrated Financial Management System) on May 18, 2015, it was found that, in the period 2010-2014, an amount of around R$ 500 million (US$ 127m) was paid to educational sports, showing a mismatch in the allocation of public resources.
With the suggested change, the real basis of Brazilian educational sport will be addressed, “where students / athletes will be able to develop their sporting potential at the state level from school to university, completing the full cycle of education and correcting a misconception in current law, since only school sports were included in the current writing,” according to the text of the amendment of the law.
The deputy presented data to justify his project. According to a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Brazil is the country that least invests in university education. The survey analyzed 39 world economies, including Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Russia, India, Indonesia and South Africa. OECD data show that Brazil spent only US$ 3,720 per year with each university student from private and public institutions, the worst value among the other countries.
The information is from 2015, the last period in which full information is available from all countries in the group. Sweden, Norway and Australia spent more than US$ 20,000.
In Latin America, Chile invested US$ 8,400 and is the country that spent the most, followed by Mexico and Colombia. Argentina is also ahead of Brazil, spending US$ 5,000 per student.
The first place in the world is Luxembourg, applying US$ 48,900 in each college student. In second place is the United States, with US$ 30 thousand. Then comes the United Kingdom, with US$ 26,300. Sweden, Norway and Australia spent more than US$ 20,000. In Portugal, the amount is US$ 11,700 per year per university student.
Source: GMB
