{"id":3264,"date":"2019-02-28T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:25:30","slug":"outrage-after-brazil-ministry-asks-schools-to-read-aloud-bolsonaro-slogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2019\/02\/28\/outrage-after-brazil-ministry-asks-schools-to-read-aloud-bolsonaro-slogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage after Brazil ministry asks schools to read aloud Bolsonaro slogan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New education minister admits \u2018mistake\u2019 after asking schools to film students singing the national anthem and as slogan is read<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil\u2019s new education minister has been forced into a humiliating retreat after he asked schools in the country to film students singing the national anthem in front of a Brazilian flag and being read the campaign slogan of new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI recognised the mistake,\u201d Ricardo V\u00e9lez Rodr\u00edguez said<\/a> on Tuesday, a day after the education ministry emailed his instructions to schools across the country \u2013 and provoked a storm of outrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrazilians! Let\u2019s greet the new Brazil<\/a> and celebrate quality education to be developed in our school,\u201d the email said, ending on Bolsonaro\u2019s campaign slogan: \u201cBrazil above everything, God above everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The email requested that schools film students being read the letter and singing the national anthem on the first day of class before sending the recording to the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headteachers and educational experts questioned the logic and legality of the request, given the enormous problems the Brazilian education system faces, including a crumbling infrastructure, a shortage of teachers and high levels of illiteracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also pointed out that new term in Brazil, where summer holidays ended in January, actually started weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is unreal. Schools are overburdened with work, still matriculating students, thousands of problems, and we are going to stop and do this?\u201d said Rosana Lima, an assistant head teacher at the Amaro Cavalcanti high school in Rio de Janeiro. \u201cYou are doing government propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pernambuco state\u2019s education department refused to comply. \u201cWhat Brazil needs \u2026 is a true pact in the search for learning for Brazilian children and youth,\u201d it said in an Instagram<\/a> post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSchools are falling to pieces across the state,\u201d said Pedro Mara, a high school principal in the city of Belford Roxo in Rio de Janeiro state. \u201cWe don\u2019t have enough teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil\u2019s minister of women, family and human rights, Damares Alves, said<\/a>the minister\u2019s move was part of a bigger movement to restore \u201cpatriotism, love of the national anthem, love of the flag\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olavo Nogueira Filho, director of educational policy for the not-for-profit group Everyone For Education (Todos Pela Educa\u00e7\u00e3o) said it was illegal to film children without permission of their parents or guardians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe focus of the minister of education should be on Brazil\u2019s education problems that need to be dealt with urgently. We can\u2019t waste energy on issues like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the ministry said<\/a> a new set of instructions would remove Bolsonaro\u2019s campaign slogan and tell schools that choose to participate that they should obtain legal authorisation before filming students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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