Brazil: Public consultation reinforces rejection of the "New Baccalaureate". The government backs the changes
In 2017, under the government of former president Michel Temer, Brazil approved a controversial reform of secondary education, considered by experts to be anti-reform because it reproduces an anachronistic, exclusionary and perverse model. In the face of criticism, Lula's government temporarily suspended the deadlines for the implementation of the New Secondary Education (NEM) and opened a public consultation to hear s