Cotas raciais na UFRN: uma proposta de orientação aos alunos no ingresso à instituição e uniformização dos procedimentos das bancas de heteroidentificação

Abstract

Law nº 12.711/2012 emerged with aims to correct the historical inequality in the occupation of vacancies in IFES. At UFRN, the application of the Quota Law began in 2013. Only in 2019, a broad discussion started on the part of the Institution on the purpose of standardizing the heteroidentification procedure to complement the self-declaration of ethnic-racial quota candidates, which happened in September 2020. Because of this, the selection processes from 2021 onwards, which use the reservation of vacancies for black, brown, and indigenous candidates, implemented the Heteroidentification Examination Board simultaneously with the registration of approved candidates. The use of ethnic-racial verification happened positively. However, some points need to be developed to improve the process that way UFRN has been working on upgrading the procedure and mainly bringing information to society on the subject. This project has the general objective of analyzing the implementation of the Quota Law at UFRN, related to the ethnic-racial criterion, aiming to develop educational material to meet society's needs regarding access to the right concerning racial quotas and standardize the performance of the Commission for Ethnic and Racial Verification and its Heteroidentification Examination Committees at UFRN. This research occurred through the method of ethnomethodology with the application of two questionnaires and consultations with other universities, including the analysis of the obtained results. This work is reflected in the elaboration of a Booklet on the heteroidentification procedure for access to UFRN undergraduate courses aimed at high school students from the public school network in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, as well as the verification of the need for the Institution to develop a manual of procedures for members who work in hetero-identification boards and also the creation of an exclusive administrative sector to deal with the operational issues of the Heteroidentification Examination Board, owing to the great demand in undergraduate courses at SiSU, approximately 3,000 phenotypic verifications are carried out through heteroidentification, where approximately 90% of the opinions are favorable and 10% unfavorable.