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APPENDIX 1
1. TEXTS
1.1. Non - specific texts
(Texts common to both groups - Physics Group and
Nursing
Group)
. EDUCATION IN BRAZIL - TIC
During the last ten years, the Brazilian educational
system has undergone many reforms aimed at making the system
more appropriate to the country's developmental needs. The first
step in this direction was taken in 1961 with a guideline and
teaching law. This law outlined the Public Authority's
responsibilities in education and also set guidelines for the
educational system in both public and private institutions at
grammar, high school, and college
levels.
Through a series of laws and decrees on national
education passed between 1961 and 1971, the basic orientation
and educational policy, the organization and structure of
education, the curricula, and all other aspects of education
have been reorganized to adjust the educational system to the
changing needs of the society. The Ministry of Education and
Culture supervises education throughout the federal school
system, and the Federal Educational Council is responsible for
preparing plans for the national educational system as a whole.
In 1971, the Federal Government enacted legislations