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Half of second graders in Brazilian public schools cannot read
More than half of children in the second year of primary education in Brazil’s public school system have not learned to read and write, as per figures from the United Nations International Children’s...
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Brazil expands international education program
Brazil’s Programa de Estudantes-Convênio—or Partnership-Students Program, referred to as PEC in the original Portuguese acronym, in existence since 1965 and last changed in 2013—has been expanded by...
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Brazil has fewer young people who neither study nor work
One out of five young people aged 15–29 in Brazil (19.8%) were neither studying nor working in 2023, statistics bureau IBGE reported.In absolute numbers, 9.6 million youths were in this situation. The...
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Eliane Potiguara: "I believe in the changing power of education"
Considered the first indigenous woman to publish a book in Brazil, writer Eliane Potiguara has earned the respect and admiration of scholars and readers of her works. In 2014, the author of A Terra É a...
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Three out of four teachers in Brazil advocate AI as teaching tool
Three out of four teachers in Brazil show support for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a teaching tool. They also say that the technology has impacted education both positively, with faster...
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Brazilian poet Adélia Prado wins 2024 Camões Prize
Brazilian poet Adélia Prado is the winner of the 2024 edition of the Camões Prize, the most important award for Portuguese-language literature. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon (Jun. 26)...
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Yanomami indigenous land to get BRL 32 mi investment for education
The Yanomami Ye’kwana territory will be the first to receive support this year from the Ministry of Education through federal universities and institutes.In all, BRL 32 million will be transferred to...
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July sees creation of 188,000 formal jobs
The Ministry of Labor and Employment reported that 188,021 formal jobs were created in July in Brazil, marking a decrease in new hires compared to June.The data, sourced from the General Register of...
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Brazil’s compulsory schooling surpasses OECD average
Brazil’s compulsory schooling exceeds the average in countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), but it still needs to reach out-of-school children and adolescents....
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Cell phone ban in Brazilian schools: 80% of adults back measure
A survey conducted by the Locomotiva Institute and QuestionPro reveals that eight out of ten adults (80%) believe cell phone use in schools should be banned. Among parents, 82 percent support this ban,...
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