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Rural schools have more difficulty offering remote learning
Rural schools found it more difficult to offer technology-mediated classes during the pandemic. If in cities, the lack of devices and internet connection is a problem, in the countryside, the challenge...
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Radio in Brazil: Education at core since outset 100 years ago
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest fears of the 471 teachers in the Amazon town of Benjamin Constant (population: 45 thousand) was to see more kids drop out of school. Assailed by one of...
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Brazil´s House of Representatives approves bill on Digital Education
The House of Representatives approved on Thursday (Aug. 4) a bill establishing the National Policy on Digital Education. The proposal seeks to promote informational and digital skills, online tools,...
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São Paulo city offers Portuguese course for foreigners
Immigrants aged 18 and older who are interested in learning Portuguese free of charge can sign up for the project Portas Abertas – Português para Imigrantes (“Open Doors – Portuguese for Immigrants”),...
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Brazil unveils program to boost green education
Brazil’s Ministry of Environment launched today (14) the Escolas +Verdes program, aimed at promoting environmental initiatives in schools, such as waste separation and treatment, recycling, reverse...
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Minister: Brazil schools must bridge gap among same-grade students
Brazil’s Education Minister Victor Godoy said there is a challenge facing Brazilian basic education: bridging the gap between students in the same grade.In a Tuesday (Sep 27) interview on public radio...
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The 19th National Science and Technology Week (SNCT) starts today (17)
Starts today (17) and continues until Sunday (23) the 19th National Science and Technology Week (SNCT). In the 2022 edition, the event's theme is "Bicentennial of Independence: 200 years of science,...
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Education in Brazil: distance learning grows 474% in a decade
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of students in undergraduate courses in distance education (DE) increased 474%. In the same period, the number of students who entered face-to-face courses decreased...
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First day of Enem starts nationwide
The first stage of the National High School Exam (Enem) 2022 began to be applied this Sunday (13) across the country. The exams and the essay topic will be the same in both modalities: printed and...
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Project seeks to increase mathematical vocabulary in sign language
The State University of Campinas (Unicamp), in São Paulo, Brazil, is developing a project to increase the vocabulary of mathematics in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). The "Mathematics + Libras"...
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Books for all will be the focus of the National Library's president
The democratization of books and reading, following the example of what he did during his tenure at the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL), will be one of the main focuses of the new president of the...
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Registration for Portuguese proficiency exam ends this Friday (24)
Registration for the exam to obtain the Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners (Celpe-Bras) ends at 23h59 this Friday (24), Brasília local time. They can be done through the Celpe-Bras...
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Brazil to raise school meal allowance
In the next days, Brazil’s government should announce an increase in the values of the National School Meal Program (Pnae), National Secretary of Food and Nutritional Security Lilian Rahal said. The...
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Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa granted honorary degree
The Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) on Wednesday (Mar. 15) is awarding the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to indigenous leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, in recognition of his efforts...
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Lula: “We’re not going to turn schools into prisons”
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday (Apr. 18) that the internet is rife with violent speech, adding that society and families should be responsible for the upbringing and...
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Educators, leaders: Indigenous education in Brazil needs attention
During the 19th edition of the Acampamento Terra Livre (“Free Land Encampment”), indigenous movement leaders have written a letter calling for more government attention to the education provided to...
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Nearly six out of ten classrooms in Brazil are inadequate, audit finds
Inspections conducted by 32 audit courts in Brazil found that 57 percent of the classrooms are inadequate as a place of study. Over the course of three days—from April 24 to 26—inspectors visited 1,082...
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International event brings together experts in school feeding
Brasília, the capital of Brazil, will host the II International School Feeding Congress from May 23 to May 25. This event, organized by the National Education Development Fund of the Ministry of...
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Survey: Illiteracy in Brazil down, access to education uneven
Brazil’s illiteracy sank from 6.1 percent in 2019 to 5.6 percent in 2022. The 0.5 percentage-point shrinkage accounts for 9.6 million people aged 15 and older, as per the PNAD Contínua (“Continuous...
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Lula attends congress of National Students’ Union
Brazil’s President Lula attended the 59th Congress of the National Students’ Union in Brasília on Thursday evening (Jul. 13). The last time a president was present at the event was in 2009, when Lula...
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