MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the West Branch focuses on the **expansion, democratization, and internalization of quality professional education**, promoting social inclusion and academic training aligned with the needs of urban and rural communities. This includes the integration of different levels of training and areas of knowledge to develop a vision of social responsibility and improve institutional performance.
Furthermore, the institute is dedicated to **citizenship training** based on ethical values, going beyond preparation just for work. The **IFWB is present throughout the state of Roraima** through its **5 campuses and the Rectory**.
Federal Institutes are institutions of higher education, basic and professional, multicurricular, international, and multicampi, specialized in offering professional and technological education in different teaching modalities, based on the combination of technical and technological knowledge with their pedagogical practices, in the form of **Law No. 11,892/2008**.
They hold administrative, patrimonial, financial, didactic-pedagogical, and disciplinary autonomy and, for the purpose of evaluating and regulating the provision of higher education courses, are equivalent to universities. They also act as accrediting and certifying institutions of professional skills, in accordance with the same law.
The IFWB is part of the **Federal Network of Professional and Technological Education**, is linked to the Ministry of Education, has the legal nature of an **autonomous agency** (autarquia) and has full autonomy. It is specialized in offering professional and technological education, combining scientific, technical, and technological knowledge with pedagogical ideals with a historical-critical basis.
Offer professional and technological education committed to **integral human formation**, the exercise of citizenship and the production and socialization of knowledge, aiming, above all, to **transform reality** from the perspective of social equality and justice.
Promote integral human formation, through education, science and technology, in line with local productive, socioeconomic, and cultural arrangements, contributing to **sustainable development**.
To be an **excellence** institution, from the Western Continental Region in the Amazon Region, as an agent of social transformation, through teaching, research, extension, and innovation.
Organizational values are a fundamental reference for attitudes and behaviors aimed at satisfying the target audience. At IFWB, the guiding values are:
It is the responsibility of the IFWB, as defined by Law nº 11.892/2008, to:
The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the West Branch (IFWB) is committed to the **inseparability** of Teaching, Research, and Extension, seeking to develop an atmosphere that values autonomy and academic freedom. The institution offers a wide range of courses, from technical professional education to postgraduate and FIC (Initial and Continuing Training).
Educational processes contribute to human development and **emancipation**, focusing on strengthening the social and economic development process at local, territorial, and regional levels, beyond the perspective of purely economic growth.
The necessary encouragement and support for the development of **applied research** (leading to innovations), the protection of intellectual property, and the establishment of contracts for the transfer or licensing of technologies with the production sector are strengthened in the academic sphere.
Extension activities aim to proactively and valuedly insert students and graduates into the world of work. They are also based on the **dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge**, the development and transfer of social and environmental technologies, and the search for institutional recognition within society.
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