A study by Itaú Educação e Trabalho and the Roberto Marinho Foundation reveals 9.8 million Brazilian youths lack basic education. Released Monday (11), the research shows most of these youths (78%) come from low-income families, and 70% are Afro-Brazilian. Specifically, 43% didn’t complete elementary school, 22% finished elementary but didn’t proceed to high school, and […]
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