Nunes delivers science kit with images of rifle in the box – 08/17/2023 – Education

Management Ricardo Nunes (MDB) delivered lanterns with an image of a rifle on the packaging to schools in the municipal network of São Paulo. The material is part of a science kit that was sent to more than 500 EMEFs (municipal elementary schools) in São Paulo.

This Thursday (17), the SME (Municipal Education Secretariat) said it had instructed schools to discard packaging with a picture of a rifle. The flashlight and the rest of the material should be used normally.

Principals and teachers told the Sheet who were startled when they received the kits and noticed the rifle image on the flashlight box. For them, the photo is inappropriate for the school environment.

The secretariat said that two companies won the bid to supply science kits to schools. The material is made up of a series of items, such as a magnifying glass, a plastic skeleton and a high-precision scale, among others, in addition to LED flashlights.

According to the Education Ministry, two companies (CSL Educacional and Legend Comércio) were contracted to deliver 1,719 science kits to schools, and both delivered the flashlights in packages with a picture of the weapon.

The secretariat alleges that it did not buy the product boxes and that they were sent by the companies without the secretariat’s knowledge. She also said that the two companies were notified.

“The purchase of kits never included storage boxes for LED flashlights, they were sent at the expense of the suppliers themselves, who were notified about the packaging whose image is not consistent with the school environment. It is worth noting that there was and will not be a cost to the administration public”, said the folder, in a note.

A Sheet tried to contact the companies, but did not receive a response until the publication of this text.