Brazil

Brazil is a federation with 26 states, one federal district, over 5,500 municipalities, and more than 200 million people. Education is decentralized, but the federal government centralizes national data gathering and core educational programs. In practice, there is some overlap and lack of coordinat...

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Other Authors: Hinke Dobrochinski Cândido, Helena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Undetermined
Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019, 2019
Series:Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies
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Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Brazil is a federation with 26 states, one federal district, over 5,500 municipalities, and more than 200 million people. Education is decentralized, but the federal government centralizes national data gathering and core educational programs. In practice, there is some overlap and lack of coordination among the three government levels--municipal, state, and federal, which often affects public schools. Education is open to private initiative upon commitment to the norms of the national and respective state/municipal education system, permission by the public authority, and self-financing capability
Item Description:Mode of access: World Wide Web
Physical Description:1 online resource graphs, tables
ISBN:9781350995963