A growing number of courses have been created lately in higher education in Brazil. The quality of these courses must be maintained to ensure that professionals are prepared for the labour market. The present work aims to identify, through a case study, the factors that contribute so that the...

The analysis was based in 240 questionnaires answered by students of economics at University of Brasília. Using them, it was tried to make a whole description of the characteristics of these alumni and, in a second moment, to estimate econometric models to identify the causes of academic...

Ensuring career enhancement and good working conditions for schoolteachers are vital to guarantee learning opportunities for all, as recons the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Brazilian's National Education Plan (PNE). The present study analyses indicators related to schoolteachers,...

The new organization of upper secondary level in Brazil introduced by the law number 13.415 of 2017 began to be implemented in 2022. The present paper focused in analyzing the process involving the translation of national directives to local curriculums and their implementation is selected high...

This paper presents the content of the proposals for adapting all ten goals of SDG 4 for Brazil, in April and May 2018 and the levels of coverage and performance to be reached in 2030, when its validity ends. Next, the study presents indicators of the evolution of these goals until the most...

This study aims to analyze the evolution and characteristics of overeducation in Brazil between 2012 and 2023 using data from the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNADC). Overeducated workers are those who perform jobs that require less than their level of education,...

This article deals with the importance of identifying individuals with High Skills / Giftedness and the current scenario of this area in Brazil. The gifted form a segment that is poorly understood and, in the vast majority of cases, neglected in the educational systems of Brazil. Adequate...

This text analyzes the evolution of the cognitive abilities of Brazilian youth as measured by Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Our results are quite positive. In spite of an increase of youth eligible for the PISA universe and, therefore, a reduction in selectivity,...

The study aims to map the human capital profile involved with the biotechnology in Brazil. We used descriptive statistical analysis. The database was set up exclusively for this study starting from information of the innovation website of the Brazilian Ministry of the Science and Technology. The...

This paper investigates the main determinants of grade repetition using the Brazilian school census between 2007 and 2010. For the first time such a study is conducted with all students in a panel. We begin with a brief analysis of attrition in the school census and then estimate logistic...