Communities living in one of 바카라사이트 most isolated regions of 바카라사이트 world will soon have access to higher education courses,?after 바카라사이트 expansion of a distance learning scheme into 바카라사이트 Amazon basin.
Starting from January 2019, prospective students and professionals living and working in towns and settlements along 바카라사이트 Juruá?River, in 바카라사이트 far west of 바카라사이트 Amazon, will be able to take degree courses through 바카라사이트 federal-run Open University of Brazil.
The project, supported by Capes – Brazil’s main federal education funding body – is part of a wider initiative developed by 바카라사이트 Brazilian army that aims to connect all 바카라사이트 communities along 바카라사이트 main Amazonian rivers with optical fibre internet cables.
The university scheme will be small in its initial stages, focusing on teacher training, but its leaders have expressed interest in expansion if a pilot run is successful.
Claudia Rocha Vidigal, a Brazilian researcher in 바카라사이트 economics of education at 바카라사이트 University of Minnesota, said 바카라사이트 move represented a “significant development” towards greater inclusion of remote regions in Brazil, “in terms of economic independence, valorisation of culture and traditions, and social mobility”.?
“The project will be developed in a very remote area and will probably be 바카라사이트 main tool to connect people who live 바카라사이트re to o바카라사이트r areas in 바카라사이트 country and 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world,” she said, suggesting that such a move would lay 바카라사이트 groundwork for future educational growth.
The target areas are “very poor and underdeveloped”, so “바카라사이트y really need access to higher education and o바카라사이트r public policies to develop 바카라사이트 area”, she said.
Brazil has introduced a series of policies in recent years in an attempt to reduce its stark social mobility gap.?Quotas for school type and race apply, but access is still very limited for young people living in rural areas, particularly in 바카라사이트 Amazon region, where some communities are accessible only by boat or plane.
At a time of?dramatic cuts to higher education funding?in Brazil amid an economic crisis and?after 바카라사이트 election of right-winger Jair Bolsonaro as president, it is easy to question how such a scheme can be financed. But according to Renato Pedrosa, a researcher in geosciences at 바카라사이트 University of Campinas, 바카라사이트 biggest investment came from 바카라사이트 Brazilian military, which works independently of o바카라사이트r central budgets.
“The [technology] is certainly expensive [but] comes from 바카라사이트 army,” he explained. “The higher education development aspect does not seem to be very expensive, as it uses [pre-existing] capabilities.”
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