Educação no Brasil

Análise da OECD
Brazil has come a long way from its colonial days where education of
the local population had not been a priority. This chapter describes how
modern Brazil has extended public basic education to over 95% of the
population; established assessment systems using an internationally
benchmarked index that measures the progress of each school against
a baseline; created student-based funding formulas that distribute
funds fairly within states; used conditional cash transfers to lift poor
families out of poverty through education; and encouraged states and
municipalities to take actions to improve education in individual schools.
Brazil has enjoyed 15 years of economic and political stability that has
enabled it to develop a range of solid industries that now export to the
world. Consumption is up among its citizens and this continues to fuel
the Brazilian economy.
Average PISA scores for Brazil have improved in all subjects measured
over the last ten years. While these scores are well below the OECD
average and obviously do not place Brazil among the high-performing
countries, such gains do suggest that Brazil has put in place federal
policies based on a coherent vision that appear to be generating some
consistent improvements. The challenge now is to raise the level of
education of its citizens high enough to enable them to take commerce
and industry to competitive levels in a global marketplace.
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