Schools Ran First On Brazil List By CARLOS A. Um Brazilian Foreign Since the early Portuguese colonization e cation has been a concern of governments private institutions in Brai I n the first of s the folia ing the j established throughout the cold mainly at Paulo and the far Southern border the so called Povos das These primitive were set up by Jesuits pria in order to the preparing them fori ferent of jobs as n as giving them the basic Hie of Christian Dutch Sponsored When the Dutch si ly invaded of creating an advanced the d the coming of known European and artists He launched tl the for that rich region of sugar J mills a favorable environ for a cultural awakening Later when Pon guese Royal family tran red their capital escaping Mm occupation in m w hen Prince Regent mm VI m such as a 1 m l il Education Began tow The Schools Thrive from Page a medicine was founded it Dom the m Sagres in the and Growth Brazil existence as a i country under the first Con-ll Emperor of and mainly during a of Dom Pedro i conquered new in every of the lie in 1889 brought in cultural then was not Durce of hut also an develop- a Problem all the work that ken education re-ins still the principal Brazilian j i challenge for the Our edu-pl system suffers from raging gap between schools and tot industrial develop-I filing for a large Jf specialized workers the ever-growing j of heavy Pared for workers in federal government is overcome this handi- new Program of E an ap- and a I structure I c educational thai hi peaceful revoW enthusiastically E I t was C t federal admin- feign i lole m this an Iff avo already 2 Grande h Ger rana SSt wh fc in rural There are also Technical Research Institutes for increasing and fostering agricultural Expansion On The expansion of secondary schools is a fact that cannot be By schools were spread out over the Secondary education is divided in two the a basic-four year course and the a three year course for specialized training in classical or scientific Seventeen universities prepare Brazilian youth in professional The University of located in Rio de is composed of 13 departments from physical education to a nuclear research and has almost students from 18 to 26 years Belem do Belo Sao Curitiba and Porto Alegre are the main educational centers in All the Universities are except the Catholic-Universities Three military academies and the Naval constitute the backbone of our military training structure and youngsters pass over hard examinations each year to join the Summing Brazil knows that without education democracy cannot and the largest Latin country in the world is conscious of its importance in the defense of freedom and