Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach

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"Brazil’s first-grade repetition rate is 28 percent, among the highest in the world, the World Bank said, though the government contends that the number has been shrinking. Secondary schools contain many older students because of the high rate of failing students in earlier grades, and many of the frustrated simply drop out.

“Brazil will continue to grow slower than its potential,” said Samuel Pessoa, an economist at the Brazilian Economic Institute at the Getulio Vargas Foundation. “If it had a better education system, things would be different.”"