Education in Brazil is a very delicate subject.
As we are teachers or future teachers, education is an important issue for all of us. We are aware about the problems that we’re going to face while teachers.
There are lots of things to change on our country when we talk about education, but there are some programs nowadays to prepare the teachers better, to help the students and encourage them to study. It seems to be a small change, but I hope it can be the beginning of a great transformation in here.
Talking about some practical things, here in Brazil we have the "Ensino Médio" that's similar to high school on US. At this period, many students dedicate themselves to pass the "Vestibular", which is a test that we have to do to go to University. It goes like this: If there are 20 vacancy for a course, like law for instance, and there are 100 students trying this vacancy, the first 20 one that have best grades can get the vacancy. These tests generally start with questions about general knowledge ( almost all the subjects we've learn at school), then, the second part is based on the subject related to the course you have chosen.
That's it.
Mayara.
That's right! But now we are in a king of changing because there is another big test that students apply to enter in college. It is called ENEM (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio). This can be translated like this: Nacional Exam from High School. This is better than Vestibular, because the test is focused on the subjects taught in high school. Everything is changing for better, but it is still in the beggining. So, it is not working properly yet.
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