FMC Electronic Technical School
| FMC Electronic Technical School Escola Técnica de Eletrônica Francisco Moreira da Costa |
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| Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil | |
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| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Established | 1959 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Nickname | ETE |
| Website | ETE FMC |
FMC Electronic Technical School is located in Santa Rita do Sapucai, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Founded in 1959 by "Dona" Moreira and placed under the direction of the Society of Jesus, FMC ETE was the first school of electronics in Latin America, giving rise to Brazil's .
(Luzia Rennó Moreira, 1907-1963) envisioned a better future for the people in the rural area of her birth, Santa Rita do Sapucai. She was the wealthy daughter of a senator and niece of Delfim Moreira, President of the Republic. During world travels with her diplomat husband she was impressed by the technology of the time in Japan. In 1959 she founded the first school of electronics in Latin America, the Francisco Moreira da Costa Electronics Technical School, named for her father. It gave rise to Electronics Valley, in the same vein as Silicon Valley in the United States. This gradually transformed the local culture from agrarian to an electronics and information technology center. It was reported in 2014 that the Valley employed about 14,000 workers in 153 businesses, manufacturing 13,700 products.
Dona died soon after construction began on the school. She says in her will "The poor taught me the great lessons of life." And it was from her ITA teachers at São José dos Campos that she had conceived the idea for the school. She left the school board in the hands of the Jesuits, who are still its directors and strive to follow the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm which would pursue academic and humanistic excellence.
ETE occupies a large campus which includes a swimming pool and track.
Students take technical courses along with regular courses for a three-year high school education. The first two years offer a core curriculum and in the third students specialize in one of the following areas.
DESIGN fair has since 1981 given ETE students an incentive and opportunity to showcase innovative projects. About 800 students develop around 200 projects, the best of which are entered in the Brazilian Fair of Science and Engineering at the University of São Paulo. Over the years students have won 66 awards, national and international, for their innovations.
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