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Education in Brazil
Social
In the country there is a lack in many areas to doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. The workers in the cities are health and pension. Rural workers and State employees have only on a few social benefits, mainly in the area of medical care, right. Since 1988, which is 40-hour work week anchored in the Constitution. A lot of Brazilians living in poverty. The richest 10 per cent of the population have over 51.3 per cent of the household income, while only seven percent available are the poorest 40 per cent (1989).
Education and culture
The first Portuguese settlers adopted many customs and notions of native Americans. During the colonial era, millions of black African slaves were deported after Brazil. The religious myths mixed with Roman Catholicism and showed a unique afro-Brazilian cult with remarkable spiritualist rituals. The among of these cults is the candomblé. Brazilian society is strongly influenced by European cultural ideas that were distributed via Portuguese, Italians, Germans and Spaniards in the country.
Education and schooling
Primary education of children from seven to 14 years of age is free of charge and compulsory. Approximately 80 percent of the population over 15 years of age can read and write. Most primary and secondary schools are maintained by the State and the local authorities. There are also many colleges of the Roman Catholic Church. The individual States and private associations share the responsibility for universities in Brazil. In the late 1980s, Brazil had more than 850 of such institutions (including 73 universities). Approximately 1.4 million students studied there. The leading universities include the University of Brasilia (1961), the University of São Paulo (1934), the päpstlich Catholic University of Campinas (1941), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1920) and the päpstlich Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (194)in Porto Alegre.
