Nikolas Ferreira: Because in PIROS, which is an international reading assessment, Brazil ranked among the lowest.
Nikolas Ferreira: Almost 4 in every 10 Brazilian fourth-grade students didn't even master basic reading skills, like, for example, locating a clear piece of information within a text.
In PISA 2022, 73% of our students had low performance in mathematics.
Nikolas Ferreira: In reading, half were low-performing.
Nikolas Ferreira: So yes, the State talks about literacy, talks about teaching math, talks about educating millions of children.