More children at school: with the end of the pandemic emergency, enrollment increases

The resumption of children in Basic Education in the private network helps bring them closer to the levels observed in 2019, before the most critical point of Covid.

In the public education network, the numbers are not so positive: there were 38,3 million enrollments registered last year, compared to 38,5 million registered the previous year.

“The pandemic has worsened the country in several areas, but mainly in the area of ​​education. We are returning to levels”, said the Minister of Education, Camilo Santana, at a press conference.

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Children are also returning to daycare centers: enrollments rose 8,9% in 2022, compared to 2021, in public schools.

There was an even greater increase, of 29,9%, in the private education network.

Preschool enrollment also increased:

• Between 2019 and 2021, there was a 25,6% reduction in students attending private schools
• In 2022 there was an increase of 20%, which enabled a 3,9% growth in total enrollment.

(Source: Agência Brasil)

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