| Education in Brazil
Social
In the country is lacking in many areas of doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. The workers in the cities are covered by sickness and pension insurance. Farm workers and state officials have only a few social benefits, mainly in the field of medical care claim. Since 1988, is enshrined in the Constitution, the 40-hour week. A large proportion of Brazilians living in poverty. The richest ten percent of the population have 51.3 percent of household income while the poorest 40 percent only seven percent are available (1989).
EAC
The first Portuguese settlers took over many of the Native American customs and ideas. During the colonial period were millions of black African slaves deported to Brazil. The religious myths mingled with Roman Catholicism and showed a unique Afro-Brazilian cult with remarkable spiritualistic rituals. The most widespread of these cults is the Candomblé. The Brazilian society is strongly influenced by European cultural ideas that were disseminated through Portuguese, Italian, German and Spanish in the country.
Education and Schooling
The basic education for children aged seven to 14 years is free and compulsory. Approximately 80 percent of the population over 15 years can read and write. Most primary and secondary schools are maintained by the state and local governments. But there are also many high schools of the Roman Catholic Church. The responsibility for higher education in Brazil share the individual states and private organizations. In the late eighties, Brazil had more than 850 such institutions (including 73 universities). There about 1.4 million students were studying. Among the leading universities are the University of Brasília (1961), the University of São Paulo (1934), the Papal Catholic University of Campinas (1941), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1920) and the Papal Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1948) in Porto Alegre.
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