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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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Brazil restricts cell phone use in public and private schools
On Monday (Jan. 13), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law new legislation restricting the use of portable electronic devices, particularly cell phones, in public and private elementary...
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Only 27% of women in science courses have finished their studies
The percentage of women graduating from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses in Brazil has nearly halved since the COVID-19 pandemic.In 2019, 53 percent of women who...
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Among adult Brazilians, 18.4% have completed higher education
Among Brazilians over the age of 25, 18.4 percent have completed higher education, according to the 2022 Demographic Census released on Wednesday (Feb. 26) by the Brazilian government´s statistics...
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