designing of tools and machining fixtures, and industrial laboratory technician. The Electronic data processing course has been established in 1985. Adjoining the State Technical School Center In 1980, state decree no. 16309 ordered the school to join Centro Paula Souza, effective January 1, 1981, thus being one of the state-managed technical schools in São Paulo. The law has been enacted by Governor Paulo Maluf. The Reform The vocational program and the high school programs were fused into a single lesson plan, the latter frequently adapted to match the skills needed in the first one. However the national technical education reform of 1997 deterred, in practice, the continuation of such scheme, stating only 25% of the full educational schedule could be allocated for vocational lessons. Although such resolution has been superseded in 2004, the liaisons between the vocational and the high school classes were reinstalled as an option, thus allowing the continuation of separate courses offering. Habilitations Offered As of 2014, along with the high school classes, the following vocational habilitations are available: Accounting Business Administration Chemistry (derived from former industrial laboratory technician course) Electronics Industrial Automation Informatics (derived from former data processing course) Internet-oriented Informatics Logistics Mechatronics (derived from former mechanics course) Office management Power electronics (derived from former electrotechnics course) Admission Admission to the school involves an exam called vestibulinho (Portuguese diminutive form of vestibular, the most dominant admission test employed for those seeking to ingress in a college in Brazil). It is a multiple choice test combined with a written composition. References External links Centro Paula Souza's website ETEC Lauro Gomes's website Secondary schools in Brazil Vocational education Education in São Paulo (state) 1957 establishments in Brazil