Unicamp cancels enrollment of 1,311 students due to lack of Covid vaccine

This Thursday (6), Unicamp (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) announced that this year it rejected the contract of 1,311 students who refused to present proof of vaccination against Covid-19.

Between February and April, the enrollment and re-enrollment period, 966 registrations were canceled for undergraduate courses, 337 for graduate courses. stricto sensu and 8 for Lato sensu.

Proof of at least one dose of the vaccine was a condition for renewing the bond of former students and enrolling those approved in the selection processes for the 2022 academic year.

In a note, the university says it is “fundamental to point out that Unicamp’s decisions have passed through all administrative bodies and chambers that are composed of students, employees and professors. […] Today there are no active students at the university without proof of vaccination”.

The university has around 35,000 students enrolled in its undergraduate and graduate courses.

In addition, the institution highlights its resolution on vaccination published in 2021, in which it declares that “all regular undergraduate, graduate, extension and technical college students must, mandatorily, present proof of at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19, prior to and as a condition of enrollment”.

To attend campus, a student must provide evidence of having received at least two doses.

Unicamp’s data were announced a few days after USP (University of São Paulo) removed the grade and attendance record of 275 students who did not prove that they had been vaccinated with at least two doses against Covid-19 from the system.

In August 2021, the university’s rectory published an ordinance in which it was mandatory to present the vaccination card, with at least two doses, for the face-to-face return. The determination applies to students, faculty and staff.

The demands of USP and Unicamp, which were also accompanied by other state and federal universities, were supported by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), after an attempt by the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government to prohibit educational institutions from requiring the vaccination of children. your students.

In a note, USP reported that the withdrawal of the notes is in accordance with the “guidelines and regulations” approved for the return of face-to-face activities. The undergraduate services of the teaching and research units were notified of the removal of the data on September 26th.

“Validation of the vaccination status was carried out by the undergraduate services. In August, the Dean of Graduate Studies carried out a survey of students who were irregular (they had no proof of vaccination, but they obtained attendance and/or grades recorded)”, says a note. of the institution.

Also according to USP, the number of students with an irregular situation tends to decrease. “There are students who are presenting the vouchers now, after the withdrawal of the records, although they were vaccinated a long time ago”, he says.