Thinking about waht kind of effects of the Education in Brazil, there are some data about the learning of Portuguese and Mathematics in Middle School and High School, presented below:
Going down about the level of Learning Portuguese in Bazil in 2011, we have the data below:
What is so upset about these results is that the kids “unlearn” from 5th grade to 9th grade. Moreover, in the 5th grade, 63% of the students who were submitted to the Prova Brasil, don’t have the minimun level of knowledge in Portuguese. It means 1.632.703 kids in the public school system who don’t learn in 5th grade. In the 9th grade (final year of high school), the numbers are more abusive: 78% of the students at that grade don’t have the proficient level of Portuguese.
Going further into data information about the Maths leanring, we have:
These data show that the problem is worst in Mathematics. In 5th grade, 77% of the students who were submitted to the Prova Brasil, don’t have the minimun level of knowledge in Maths. The percentage in 9th grade is more impressing: 88% of the students in the last year of high school don’t have the minimun level of knowledge in Maths.
I would say that these numbers are not only problematic per se, but also, I’m wondering about the level bar of knowledge in the tests. Furthermore, the number of students who did not take the Prova Brasil (test) could also reduce the numbers, aggravatting even more the education situation in the country.
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