Talk:Brazil Program/Education program/Background
Add topicLatest comment: 11 years ago by Ezalvarenga in topic Some data
Some data
[edit]Brazilian universities
[edit]- List of universities in Brazil (Portuguese)
- Top 100 (according to ARWU 2010 ranking)
- Largest universities (by number of students - 2008)
- Another interesting ranking based on Enade: Veja a lista completa das melhores universidades do Brasil (Portuguese). The top 5 are from Minas Gerais state, a place where we don't seem to have a lot of wikimedians doing offline activities. For sure USP and UNICAMP haven't participated of this ranking.
Literacy
[edit]- 38% of functional illiteracy among university students in Brazil, Estadão, July 17 2012 (Portuguese)
- Only about 25% of the Brazilian population has an adequate literacy level for reading, writing and basic math: Apenas 1 em cada 4 brasileiros domina leitura, escrita e matemática, segundo pesquisa (Portuguese)
- From 2001 to 2011, the level of functionally illiterates and illiterates decreased from 39% to 27%.
- Map of funcional literacy around the country, G1, Sept 2012. --Ezalvarenga (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Educational level in Brazil
[edit]- Brasil fica em penúltimo lugar em ranking global de qualidade de educação. Brazil is the penultimate in a education ranking of 40 countries. --Ezalvarenga (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
- Com 'qualidade muito baixa', Brasil é o 46º em ranking de proficiência em inglês. Brazil is the 46th country in a English proficiency ranking among 54 countries. --Ezalvarenga (talk) 15:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
- Anything can get worst. 88th in a UNESCO ranking of education (2011). --Ezalvarenga (talk) 21:31, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Portuguese around the world
[edit]- Países africanos têm papel decisivo na afirmação do português no mundo, dizem estudiosos (Google translation) - a news on some studies reporting the importance of Portuguese in Africa. --Ezalvarenga (talk) 15:04, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Brazilian legislation
[edit]Internet access
[edit]- Broad band Internet access doubled in one year 30 July 2012 (Portuguese)
- 16 million+ users with a Internet speedy more than 2mbps
- Acessos em banda larga tem crescimento de 58%, Oct 2012
- "broadband Internet has grown 58% here in the last year, where 7,7% is home Internet and 84% mobile. More than 3000 cities already have 3g Internet, achieving about 87% of the population".
Wikipedia research
[edit]- Brazil Readers Survey 2011 Findings
- Research Presentation @WikiSampa8
- Tendências e comportamento de editores
- Brazil Catalyst Project
- A Wikipédia na academia - artigos em português sobre os projetos lusófonos da Wikimedia (pt.wikipédia)
- Estatísticas da Wikipédia em português
- Editor Survey 2011