Pé-de-Meia Program: savings of up to R$1,200 for students

If you are a student and want to do a Nest egg, your time has come.

The MEC informed the rules and payment schedule for this program, which aims to encourage high school students.

Thus, the main objectives of the program are to combat school dropout in secondary education and also reduce inequality in access to universities and the job market.

Continue reading and find out more details. 

How does the Nest Egg Program work?

Firstly, Pé-de-meia is a program that aims to provide financial and educational incentives to Brazilian students.

This initiative seeks to promote the retention and completion of school for students enrolled in high school.

Therefore, the idea behind this incentive, in addition to staying in school, is to make the process more democratic and reduce social inequality among young people in the high school system.

In fact, this program, in addition to promoting greater inclusion through education, will stimulate social mobility.

In short, the government will pay up to R$9,200 through the program for students who complete their studies.

According to the Ministry of Education, the expectation is that Pé-de-Meia will serve more than 2.5 million students.

Who is the target audience for Pé-de-Meia?

This program has a specific target audience, see how it works:

• Students aged 14 to 24, from low-income backgrounds and enrolled in public high schools;
• Belong to families registered in Family Grant Program;
• In addition to the situation of social vulnerability, it is a condition for access to the student's registration in the Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF). 

Incentives of the Nest Egg Program 

Incentives are the key point of the program to encourage students.

1. Enrollment incentive: 200 reais paid in a single installment, for enrollment registered at the beginning of the school year, paid once a year; 
2. Encourage attendance: 1,800 divided into 9 installments of 200 reais, for attendance of 80% of the total number of teaching hours, measured by the student's average or monthly attendance;
3. Incentive for Enem: 200 reais paid in a single installment, for proven participation in the National High School Exam, payment depends on the high school completion certificate;
4. Encouragement to completion: 1000 reais paid in a single installment, for completion of high school with approval and participation in educational assessments, the deposit will depend on the high school completion certificate.

In short, it is worth noting that the incentives will only be paid into an account automatically opened in the student's name.

About the collaboration 

Initially, the federal, state, district and municipal EM offering networks must assist and provide the information necessary for the development of the program.

Therefore, they are responsible for collecting and informing the MEC through the students' personal data system, to open the account.

In this sense, through this data, the MEC can define the public that will be covered, as well as ensure compliance with the requirements necessary for payment.

The incentive payrolls will be paid through Caixa Econômica Federal, which is responsible for the payments.

See how the employee process works:

1. Networks collect student data;
2. Networks in the management system inform the MEC of student data;
3. MEC filters those eligible and sends the information to Caixa Econômica Federal;
4. Caixa Econômica Federal opens the account and makes the payments.

How does membership work?

To ensure that eligible students are included in the program, States, Municipalities and Federal Institutions must sign the program's Commitment Term through the Simec.

See the accession sequence:

1. Access Simec;
2. Log in via Gov.br;
3. Select the Pé-de-Meia program mode;
4. Read the information and click next;
5. Click on “register nominee” to define two people responsible for sending the student’s information to the MEC on a monthly basis;
6. Enter your CPF, email, telephone number and click next;
7. Read the terms of commitment and click on join.

Payment schedule for the Pé-de-Meia program 

• Regarding the enrollment incentive, the amount will be paid between March 26th and April 7th;
• Node attendance incentive, payment will be made in eight installments until December;
• Completion incentive, will be paid through student savings from February 24, 2025 to March 3 of the same year;
• Already the incentive for Enem will be paid from December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025.

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Conclusion 

THE Nest Egg Program It seems like a great action by the government, with regard to investing in the education of young Brazilians.

Thus, the main purpose of the program is to prevent school dropouts and promote greater access to higher education and consequently the job market.

Therefore, if you are not aware of this government initiative, try to find out more about the program and share it with other students, without education we will not get anywhere.