Extension and Outreach
Centers
In addition to regular educational activities, research, and extension courses, the Department of Education of PUC-Rio offers several services for the students and educational community of the institution, as well as for the general public. In this way, the department offers its expertise in multiple initiatives to support teaching and learning at PUC-Rio.
NAPC
The Community Classes Support Center - NAPC has operated since 2005 in the coordination of free Extension Courses for the training of community educators. The Center is one of the fruits of the Community Roots project, implemented in 1998 by José Carmelo Braz de Carvalho in partnership with the Vicarage for Social Charity of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro.
NEAd
NOAP
O NOAP atua junto aos estudantes da PUC-Rio para promover seu processo de aprendizagem nas áreas em que apresentam maiores dificuldades, oferecendo apoio em três frentes: atendimento psicopedagógico, apoio nas habilidades de leitura e escrita e orientação de curso e de carreira. O Núcleo faz parte da Student Support Network, RAE and Teacher Support Network, RAD, redes intrainstitucionais constituídas a partir de unidades que oferecem diferentes tipos de suporte ao corpo discente e ao corpo docente da universidade.