Brazil’s compulsory schooling exceeds the average in countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), but it still needs to reach out-of-school children and adolescents. Early childhood education, a key focus of the international report Education at a Glance (EaG) 2024, released on September 10, highlights this issue.
According to the report, Brazil mandates school enrollment for all children and adolescents aged 4 to 17. With 13 years of compulsory education, Brazil’s requirement exceeds the OECD average of 11 years. However, in early childhood education, Brazil enrolls 90 percent of five-year-olds in preschool, falling short of the OECD average of 96 percent.
