The setting of a neutral rate for the education sector in the tax reform project, currently being discussed in the Senate, after passing through the scrutiny of the Chamber of Deputies. This is the claim forwarded by the president of the Forum of Higher Education Representative Entities Private – covering 14 educational entities – Celso Niskier, to the rapporteur for the matter, senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM).
By highlighting that the initiative – which is part of the #EducaçãoMaisForte campaign, launched in May this year – aims to draw attention to the importance of the private educational sector, Niskier recalls that at least 16 million Brazilian students study in institutions private individuals at all levels and more than 80% of them belong to classes C, D and E, with monthly per capita family income of up to three minimum wages.
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“In terms of advocating for a stronger education, we are working on several fronts. In terms of politics, we seek to show that 16 million students depend on private schools for a better future”, says the president of the forum.
School Census 2022 – According to the 2022 School Census of the Ministry of Education (MEC), released last February, private education accounts for 33.6% of daycare centers in operation; 25.6% of preschool enrollments; 18.9% of students, in the early years of basic education; 15.5% of final years and 12.3% of high school. In higher education, the private sector serves 6.3 million university students or 75% of enrolled students.
Other information from the campaign is that the segment employs more than 1.7 million professionals, in all states of the country, most of them women. “Many people do not know our profile of inclusion, diversity and educational innovation. We relieve the State, because if the public sector had to replace all private schools and colleges in Brazil, the cost would be R$ 280 billion in investment per year. The differentiated treatment of education in the tax reform is fair to the extent that it recognizes this importance for the country", explains Niskier, who also chairs the Brazilian Association of Higher Education Supporters (Abmes).
As an argument for the election, the Forum highlighted a study with 102 countries, in which 65 of them exempt the educational sector, while 20 others charge taxes, in the range between 0% and 10%, including Brazil. “If we start charging more Value Added Tax [VAT] on monthly fees as of the tax reform, we will be among the 17 countries that tax education the most”, concludes Niskier.
