Talk:Education in Brazil
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[edit] Expansion
I originally wrote this at Wikipedia:Requests for Expansion. I thought now that someone has assessed this article for the education wikiproject I'd copy it here to give interested persons some ideas.
I wrote this article after seeing it on the Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year page. I basically just wanted to get it off of there. It needs to be expanded. Information on history, literacy rates, what level of education the average Brazilian attains, etc. would all be nice to have in the article. Some sections that are present are quite short, and I only used one source, so if someone could find additional sources that would be good also. ONUnicorn 19:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 18:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have expanded the section on "Higher Education", adding further information on Brazilian academic degrees. 201.52.32.9 14:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
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- I have expanded and corrected some information on "Organization and structure". Phulvius 18:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Outdated Statistics
The statistics mentioned in the article seem to be outdated. For example, the article mentions a 9 % high school graduation rate when the actual figures nowadays are probably close to 30 %. I suggest official government data is used instead of unreliable web sources. 200.177.10.52 08:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Please feel free the update the article with newer statistics -- just provide sources for your edits. You can also provide the sources, and other editors will update the article. Thanks. utcursch | talk 08:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I would love to update the article with better information. The problem is finding official government data in English. I can't read Portugese or Spanish. I used what information I could locate at the time. If you can find better information, PLEASE improve the article. (Incidentially, I don't know where the information on literacy rates came from - it wasn't from the source I used in the first version of the article. I'm not sure who added it, but I was glad when someone did.) ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 04:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Spanish is neither an official nor a common language in Brazil (in fact, very few Brazilians can actually speak or write it properly). Accordingly, most official documents are probably available in Portuguese only (NOT in Spanish!) A good knowledge of Spanish can help you however to read Portuguese (perhaps with the assistance of a dictionary), as the two languages are fairly similar, but yet distinct (see e.g. the Wikipedia article on Differences between Spanish and Portuguese). 200.177.2.80 00:15, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- I actually was aware that the official language of Brazille is Portugese, and that the two languages are similar. My point is that I can't read either of them, and if you can, and if you have more accurate data, you are more than welcome to put said data in the article. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 01:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Spanish is neither an official nor a common language in Brazil (in fact, very few Brazilians can actually speak or write it properly). Accordingly, most official documents are probably available in Portuguese only (NOT in Spanish!) A good knowledge of Spanish can help you however to read Portuguese (perhaps with the assistance of a dictionary), as the two languages are fairly similar, but yet distinct (see e.g. the Wikipedia article on Differences between Spanish and Portuguese). 200.177.2.80 00:15, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Dates of the school year
Greetings all. The page Academic term lists countries by the date/extent of the school year. North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania are almost exclusively represented on the list. This country has not yet been added onto the page. Would anyone be able to pop over, and give it a quick edit? Thanks, samwaltz 22:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
