The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), which awarded a grant to James Brandão Rodrigues for doctoral stage at the University of Texas, argues the Minister of Education and ensures “no illegality of evidence” in the process, which was given as completed in 2002. in a statement sent to Express , FCT, which is a public foundation, also states that it was informed by the student that would have left over money.
” the bag, which began on 1 October [2001], included a period abroad, having been paid the corresponding monthly maintenance allowance and the related lab fees. On 25 September 2002, the grantee shall inform the FCT reducing the period of stay abroad and that there was no need for lab fees payment. Following the FCT found the overpayment, which was returned in full, “reads the statement.
The FCT also accuses receipt of a letter of Rui Carvalho, the teacher who makes the charges to minister in the magazine article “Sabbath” in alleging irregularities in the process of Brandão Rodrigues on 30 September 2005. that is, five days after the then student has informed the Foundation.
“All issues raised in that letter were clarified, and the FCT found that never existed overlap between the doctoral grant from FCT and any other stock exchange, “he says.
These statements give strength to that minister had argued, announcing who will present criminal complaint against “Saturday” magazine. The decision of the Minister of Education is in response to an article that accuses him of swindling with scholarships. In a statement issued in the evening of Wednesday, the minister denies “any wrongdoing” and says that they “do not treat innocent information.”
“The Minister of Education has started all the procedures involved the presentation of a criminal complaint against who speaks and publishes falsehoods readily disproved, “reads the note.
in a clear reference to the controversial government and association agreements with the private schools, the Ministry of Education says that the emergence of the story at this time is no accident. “The Minister of Education considers that this is not innocent statements taking into account the political calendar and the issues that have been on the agenda of the Ministry.”
The news in question is partially published Wednesday in site of “Saturday” in anticipation of the complete work that will come out in print edition on Thursday. The history part of a testimony of Rui Carvalho, a professor at the University of Coimbra and former PhD supervisor James Brandão Rodrigues.
According to the professor, the now Minister of Education will request a scholarship to pay tuition at the University of Texas, where he held an internship in September 2001. However, the US educational institution did not charge tuition fees to students who were in the regime that was Brandão Rodrigues. Rui Carvalho says only became aware of the alleged situation when contacted the Foundation for Science and Technology and warned his guiding would have to return 18,000 euros.
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