Tag: education
Favela Kids in Brazil Get 50 Sports Centers
Brazil’s Minister of Sports, Agnelo Queiroz, on Friday, February 3, inaugurated 50 more Segundo ...
18-24 Year Old Brazilians Get Chance to Go to Elementary School
Brazil’s National Youth Inclusion Program (ProJovem) expects to benefit 200,000 young Brazilians in the ...
Lula’s Education Program for Brazil: a Grim Comedy of Errors
In January 2003, when I was Brazil’s Minister of Education, I suggested to President Lula ...
Brazil and Tunisia Sign Accord on Higher Education
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, Abdelwahab Abdallah, and the Brazilian Minister of ...
4,300 Inmates to Get Literacy Instruction in Brazil
The Literate Brazil (Brasil Alfabetizado) Program plans to impart literacy instruction this year to ...
Brazil Grew, But Hasn’t Learned How to Flourish
The economists prefer the verb "grow" while the poets choose "flourish." The politicians sided ...
Only 9% of 18-24 Year Old Brazilians Go to College
The deputy executive secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Education (MEC), Ronaldo Teixeira, said that ...
Brazil Regulates Sign Language Classes in College
Beginning next year, teachers and interpreters of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) will be given ...
Brazil Needs a Little Less Astuteness and a Little More Civic Engagement
After declaring Brazil’s Independence, the Empire’s leaders decided to educate the children of the ...
Illiteracy Among Blacks in Brazil Is 17%. Among Whites, 7%.
Ending prejudice begins with education. With this motto, Brazil’s Ministry of Education’s (MEC) 3rd ...