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Brazil Minister of Education Calls for 7 Percent Budget Increase

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Ministry of Education announced this week that it will increase the country’s education budget next year by approximately R$9 billion. The 2016 education budget approved by Congress in January called for resources of up to R$99.8 billion to be used for the sector this year.

"The MEC (Ministry of Education) budget for 2017 will grow by seven percent compared to 2016. With this, we will make further investments in Brazilian education," Minister of Education, José Mendonça Bezerra Filho, told reporters on Tuesday, September . . .

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