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BRAZILIA – President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he asked the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, to prepare an orientation to states and municipalities so that classes can be resumed on the public network after the strike caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. According to the president, Brazil has already lost an academic year. Bolsonaro criticized teachers’ unions, which, in several states, have tried to prevent classes from resuming, citing health risks.
– It is unacceptable. We have already lost an academic year – Bolsonaro said in a live broadcast on his social networks.
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Since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, in March, most states and municipalities have decreed the stoppage of classes in both public and private schools as a strategy to prevent the spread of the disease that has killed more than 135 a thousand people. and infected another 4.4 million in the country.
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However, in Bolsonaro’s opinion, the moment is to resume classes. He stated that he contacted Milton Ribeiro requesting the MEC to draw up guidelines on the matter.
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– We are the country that has more days of children without class. Today I sent a message to the Minister of Education Milton, to prepare and begin to guide, since the decision is not ours. It belongs to governors and mayors. Back to classes in Brazil. – said the president.
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Bolsonaro criticized the work of the teachers’ unions in several states that resort to justice to prevent the resumption of the school year. Without presenting data, Bolsonaro accused the entities of being made up of “radicals” of the left.
– On the other hand, the teachers ‘union comes … the staff must know how the ideology of the teachers’ unions in Brazil is composed. They are radical left-wing people. For them, it is very good that people stay at home – said the president.
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For the teachers’ unions in the state of São Paulo, however, the explanation for opposing the resumption of classes is another. According to them, it is not possible to compare the reality of Brazil with that of the European countries that have already restarted the school year, since Brazil and the European continent are experiencing totally different social realities and moments of the epidemic.
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The fear is that restarting classes could unleash a new wave of infection.
