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Articles • Rev. bras. linguist. apl. 21 (2) • Apr-Jun 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398202117982   copy

Education in Brazil: A Discussion of Current Problems and a Call to Action1 1 This is a partial translation and modified version of a forthcoming text by Jucá (2021). We would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their careful reading and valuable input on the first version of this paper, which has greatly helped to improve it. The two authors of this paper are researchers at NECLLE - Núcleo de Estudos Críticos sobre Linguagens, Letramentos e Educação (Centre for Critical Studies on Languages, Literacies and Education), at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, a registered group at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), in Brazil. This paper was supported in part by a grant from CNPq to the second author (Process n. 3308243/2020-0).

Educação no Brasil: uma discussão sobre problemas atuais e um chamado à ação

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ABSTRACT

In this text, we try to address several issues that have been long hindering Brazilian Education. Since the promulgation of the so-called Citizen Constitution (BRAZIL, 1988BRASIL. Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil. Brasília: Senado Federal, 1988. Available from: Available from: http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/constituicao.htm . Access on: 20 abr. 2019.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/con... ), the Brazilian government hasn’t yet been able to provide free and quality education for all Brazilians, and a big portion of Brazilian citizens are still illiterate, especially those who belong to lower classes and black communities. We will focus on the vicious cycle that is created when, in having education denied, the population is also automatically denied the right to perceive their neglected and violated rights. What consequences may this vicious cycle generate for the Brazilian population? In what ways can we overcome the limits it imposes on us? What Brazil would we have if we could get rid of this cycle? And how does this relate to the daily lives of each of us?

KEYWORDS:
right to education; current problems; ethics and possibilities

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