EDUCATION IN BRAZIL.

by: sindy saavedra

The educational system in Brazil is compulsory for children ages 7 to 14. Brazil has both public and private sectors in education. Public education is free to all Brazilians. Private schooling is not free. Public schools in Brazil are not well cared for.

The building structures, plumbing, and heating are usually in terrible condition. Many schools lack equipment needed and resources.

In the major city centers children do attend public school, however, these are not all the children. Usually, children of rich or middle class families attend school. Most children from well off families attend private schools unlike the children from poor families.
Poor children have to work and cannot go to school because they have to support their families. Brazil has always been confronted by a serious problem brought about by the insufficient college education.

Elementary and Secondary Schools More than 26.8 million pupils attended Brazilian primary schools each year in the late 1980s, and some 3.3 million students were enrolled in secondary schools.

Primary and secondary schools are maintained primarily by states and municipalities. Universities and Colleges The central government of Brazil shares with the states and private associations the responsibility for institutions of higher learning.

In brazil there are many importants universities there are the University of Brasília (1961) in Brasília; the University of São Paulo (1934); the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1941); the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1920); and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1948), in Porto Alegre.

Other institutions include schools of medicine, public health, law, social sciences, engineering, and mining.