Kim Kataguiri: Statements like 'the sun provides light and heat' or 'that there is salt in the ocean' are not known to them.
Kim Kataguiri: Folks, this is absolutely serious.
And look, this international test showed that in Brazil the indicators and exams carried out in Brazil, like Saeb, to assess basic education, have a much lower standard than the international one.
Kim Kataguiri: So, when we hear a mayor or a governor saying, 'look, education improved in IDEB, in Saeb,' that means very little, because compared to international assessments, our standard is extremely low.
Kim Kataguiri: Half, half of the students do not know what 200 minus 150 is.