education in brazil
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Education in Brazil 2015
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Fabiana Zanni
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✓ Brazil is the largest market for primary and secondary education in Latin America*
✓ World‘s fifth largest market for postsecondary education**
Sources: * Mercosur Education System Statistical Indicators / ** UNESCO (2010/2013)
Market size
58 million students
240k schools (K-12) 2,4k schools (HED)
50,7 million students (K-12)(15% private)
7,3 million students (HED)(73% private; 17% distance)
2 million teachers (K-12) 200k teachers (HED)
Brazilian Education System
✓ Brazilian Education System is organized in 2 main levels:
Basic Education
MunicipalitiesKindergarten +
preschool
Elementary + Lower Secondary Education
Upper Secondary Education
Higher Education
Undergraduate
Graduate
State Governments
Federal Government*
✓ Government level responsibility:
Extension
Voc
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* Federal Government also sets the overall educational policies and objectives and allocates federal funding to all education levels
Access to postsecondary education
✓ High school is compulsory for those wishing to pursue university studies
✓ In addition, students must go through a selection process
✓ Since 2009, students can use the score obtained in the National Secondary Education Examination (Enem) to join a few universities in the country.
Basic Education Higher Education . Vestibular . ENEM
Government investment in Education
✓ Public investment in Education has increased since 2000
Source: OECD
Key challenges for education in Brazil
✓ Access and retention
✓ Literacy
✓ Quality
✓ Infrastructure and Planning
✓ Teacher training & development
Sources United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / to ABC Proof 2011 / Prova Brasil 2011 / INEP / MEC / OECD / PISA 2012
PISA 2013 results
Brazil placed 58th
out of 65 countries
Student average score:
402 (< 497 average
OECD)
MATHEMATICS
Low performance students
High performance students
67,1% 1,1%
SCIENCE
Low performance students
High performance students
61% 0,3%
READING
Low performance students
High performance students
49,2% 0,5%
National Education Plan: goals and strategies
1 Universal access to kindergarten
2 Universal access to primary education
3 Universal access to secondary education
4 Universal access to special / inclusive education
5 Literacy for all children until 3rd year of elementary school.
6 Full-day schooling in at least 50% of public schools
7 Appropriate learning at the right age
8 Average education of at least 12 years of study
9 Literacy and functional literacy for youth and adults
10 Vocational education for youth and adults
11 To triple enrollment of Vocational Education
12 To raise gross enrollment rate in higher ed to 50%
13 More teachers with master's and doctorate in Higher Education
14 More enrollments in graduate school
15 Higher education for teachers
16 50% of high school teachers with graduate degrees
17 Teacher appreciation
18 Career plan for teachers
19 Democratic management for education
20 10% of GDP in education by 2024
Private sector has grown substantially in the last decade due to social demographic changes and government incentives
✓ New middle class
✓ Gain in purchase power
✓ Need for skilled labor force
✓ Government financial incentives focusing mainly Postsecondary Education
Basic Education
Sources: INEP/MEC
Basic school in Brazil is largely provided by Government
2 million teachers
Over the last decade, the increase in purchasing power caused families to exchange public by private schools
✓ Revenue of private schools grew by 23% in two years
✓ On the other hand, the reduction of birth rates contributed to the decrease in number of public schools
Sources: INEP/MEC
Sistemas de Ensino: a Brazilian alternative for an integrated approach to basic education
✓ Sistemas de Ensino have emerged by a combination of unique factors in Brazil: strong demographic pressure, poor teacher qualification and experience from the pre-test market
✓ A SISTEMA consists of a solution pack including product and services, consulting, training and whatever is involved in school environment
✓ It serves both private and public schools (average school size: 300 – 1000 students)
✓ Financial model: single ticket per student/school year paid by the institution. This value is incorporated into the tuition charged by the institution
Postsecondary Education
Sources: INEP/MEC / World Bank / Hoper
Brazil is the 5th largest postsecondary education market worldwide, with 7,3 million students
61% growth in 9 years
6,7% CAGR
Source: Hoper / INEP / MEC
Private institutions are primary providers of postsecondary education in Brazil.
Distance learning is the fastest growing mode of education in the postsecondary education market
Sources: MEC
Vocational Education
Vocational Education
✓ Technical education might be one of the fastest solutions for the current scarcity of skilled workers in Brazil
✓ Between 2007 and 2010, the number of students enrolled in technical programs grew at an average rate of 13.5% per year
Sources: INEP
Private47,8%
Public52,2%X
English teaching
The penetration of English language education in Brazil is still very low
Sources: Data Popular / British Council
English teaching is reduced to the very basics in regular school
✓ Although teaching of a foreign language at elementary and high school is compulsory in Brazil, English teaching - both public and private - is unable to provide students with a usable level of English.
✓ Lack of language teaching equipment, overfilled classrooms, poor teacher qualification and few hours set aside for teaching English contribute for bad results
Technology
50% of Brazilians
have Internet
access
✓ Brazil’s online population has quadrupled over the past decade
✓ Brazilians are avid users of social networks.
✓ High speed of smartphones penetration
✓ Increasingly, teachers and principals are actively experimenting with new technology and teaching practices on their own.
Sources: CETIC CETIC (Brazil’s Center for Information and Communication Technologies)
Internet usage in Brazil is not universal, but digital engagement is high
More than 60
million Facebook
users
75% of Brazilians
have a mobile
phone
1.25 cellphone
subscriptions per
capita
Almost 11% of
households have a
tablet
21% use mostly
smartphones for
going online
On the other hand…
✓ Internet usage varies according to region and class
✓ Household Internet penetration has been held by high prices and gaps in coverage
✓ 63% of people without a computer at home state that they cannot afford one
✓ 20% of Internet users still frequent Internet cafes
✓ Few of Brazil’s government departments have gone fully digital
Sources: CETIC CETIC (Brazil’s Center for Information and Communication Technologies)
Technology and digital resources usages @ school
Urban schools (public and private), primary and secondary education
Infrastructure and connectivity are some of the main barriers to the use technology in Brazilian public schools
Private
98%
Schools with computer
Public
99%
Private
99%
Schools with Internet access
Public
95%
Private
13%
Schools with tablets
Public
11%
✓ There is significant increase of mobile devices in public schools - especially tablets - derived from government programs that distribute such equipment
✓ Most teachers of public and private institutions say the number of computers available are not enough
Private
28%
Schools that have internet connection of up to 2 Mbps
Public
52%
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