Education in Brazil

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Education in Brazil

Ministry of Education
Minister of Education	Camilo Santana
National education budget (2017)
Budget	5.95% of GDP; 15.72% of total government expenditure
General details
Primary languages	Portuguese
System type	Federal, state, municipal, private
Literacy (2023)
Total	94.6%[1]
Male	94.3%
Female	94.8%

Education in Brazil has had many changes. It first began with Jesuit missions,^[2] that controlled education for a long time. Then, two hundred years after their arrival, their powers were limited by the Marquis of Pombal.^[2] Shortly after the Jesuits' power was limited, the Brazilian government took over education and it is now run by the government through the Ministry of Education.^[2]

Issues in education are now seen through PISA, the Programme for International Student Assessment, and the Idep assessment now used by the Ministry. They have historically tested below average on all topics but are improving in mathematics.^[3]

Brazil uses both public and private school systems. They have the traditional primary, secondary, tertiary and technical school levels.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[4] finds that Brazil is doing 86.8% of what should be possible at its level of income for the right to education.^[5]