Análise de transparência de instituições de ensino superior públicas do Estado do Piauí

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the transparency index of the portals of public HEIs in the State of Piauí, and specifically, to identify the main elements of transparency of the IFPI, UFPI and UESPI portals; identify the transparency index of the IFPI, UFPI and UESPI portals using the Federal Universities Disclosure Index (IndexDUF) created by Pessôa (2013); compare the transparency index of the HEIs researched; and verify the updating and compliance with the Access to Information Law of each institution researched. Theoretically, it addressed concepts of transparency, cases of international transparency, public transparency in Brazil, with the laws of Fiscal Responsibility and Access to Information, in addition to Public Administration and Indirect Public Administration. It is basic, descriptive, field research with a quantitative and qualitative approach. For data collection, IndexDUF was used, proposed by Pessôa (2013) to obtain the transparency index of the electronic portals of public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Piauí. The main results of this study demonstrate that the IFPI's transparency index is 74.82%, that of UESPI is 56.12%, and that of UFPI is 76.98%, while the general average for Piauí was 65.85% ; with UFPI being the most transparent institution among those analyzed, followed by IFPI and UESPI, with highlights for category 6 (Characteristics of financial information) in which IFPI and UFPI obtained 100% transparency and category 7 (Information on social responsibility ) which UESPI obtained 0%. In relation to compliance with the Access to Information Law (LAI), it was found that the eleven categories of the IndexDUF have their legal provision in article 8, in which the transparency index of each category represents the percentage of compliance of each HEI with the LAI. Therefore, it is concluded that for a greater level of transparency and compliance with the LAI, it is necessary for HEIs to improve their electronic portals, by bringing together issues of similar themes in sections; disclosure of all IES financial information, in the specific case of UESPI, and other forms of communication between society and institutions.