Is education in Brazil good and why?

What is the education like in the north of Brazil?

• Answer:

  The North has the worst rates of illiteracy, shows research conducted by IPEA (Institute for Applied Research) and released on Tuesday. The institute found a reduction of 0.4 percentage point in the illiteracy rate. In parallel, the researchers concluded that the country should take at least two years to reach the time stipulated by the Constitution for the whole population to complete primary school - which is eight years. According to the survey, the percentage of illiteracy are worst in the Northeast, which registered 20%. The South region has the lowest percentage, with 5.4%. For researchers, the eradication of illiteracy in Brazil will have to wait for at least two decades. According to the survey, the largest population of illiterates in the region is rural, with 23.3%, while the lowest in the urban area with 4.4%. Blacks are more affected by the difficulties registering 14.1% among the illiterate, while whites occupy 6.1%. According to the data, the illiterates are concentrated mainly among people over 40 years, which occupy 17.2% of percentages, while young people who have to occupy 15 to 17 years only 1.7%.