Equity

Education Systems in Pursuit of Equity

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Equity. Why we pursue equity in Education if we are so diverse individuals? Differen demands and needs. Different race, color, age. Different backgroud. Different stories and experiences. Different DNA combinations. Different dreams. Different perspectives. All different. That’s the only equity between us.

Talking about equality in Brazil in really hard. We are all mixed, not only culturally, but also the country was born as a mix of different races: indians, Portugueses, Holands, Italians, Africans, Germans, Asians… Brazil is so unequal, but I prefer the word diverse.

As the tendency of income inequality is reducing, it is still considered high. In 2009 Brazil scored 0.557 in the Gini Index, which placed it as the world’s tenth most unequal nation. In 2012, the Gini coefficient for Brazil was 0.519, according to the CIA World Factbook.

Because of the Bolsa Familia, Brazil have been working in reducing this unequality for 10 years now. It was not only a policy to alleviate poverty, but also a policy to encourage kids to go to school and also keep the public health good. Parents who cannot send their children to school or fail to vaccinated them, are penalised with reduced payment.

And, actually, we did great. But the unequality is still high and there are a lot of work to do. This year, we will have Presidential Elections.

Brazil has an Educational System with public and private schools. Usually, the family who has enough money to pay a private school will make an effort to do that. Public schools are seen as bad quality places where families don’t want to send their kids. Bu sometimes, these schools are the only options.

Read the article below from Global Post to understand better the Brazilian situation. Even though you can feel hopeless, I’m really optimistic to help change my country.

Brazil’s ‘educational apartheid’ cements inequality early in life