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 ...

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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 ...

UFRJ, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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 ...