Despite Deception by Authorities, Brazilian Family is Optimistic

MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, August 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After receiving four days of intense testing by government authorities in a showdown over the future of homeschooling in Brazil, David and Jonatas Nunes are optimistic, despite the fact that the tests were changed on them only one week before, allowing little time for adequate study.

Although the Nunes family was initially told that the tests the children would be given were to be on mathematics, geography, science, and history, they were told only a week in advance that they would also be tested on Portuguese, English, arts, and physical education, including questions about the history of handball, basketball, soccer, and other sports.

The change put enormous pressure on two children who were already studying in a stressful situation.

"They’re two adolescents of 14 and 15 years of age who are studying for a test that could determine if their parents are going to be imprisoned or not," said Cleber Nunes to the television network Globo.  "It’s a huge burden for them."

As LifeSiteNews reported previously, the Nunes children passed law school entrance exams at the ages of 13 and 14.  Despite this success, Brazilian authorities decided to prosecute the family for "intellectual abandonment" because they were schooling the children at home rather than in a government-approved institution.   If the Nunes lose the case, they could forfeit custody of their children, pay a steep fine, and even spend time in jail.

The Brazilian media, including the nation’s major television networks, are following the case closely, and the public is supportive of the Nunes’ struggle.  Reports posted on network websites have received hundreds of comments, mostly indignant at the treatment being received by the Nunes family.

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Comum em outros países, mas proibido por lei no Brasil, o ensino domiciliar vem ganhando adeptos. Casal de Minas Gerais dá passo importante na conquista pelo direito de decidir sobre a educação formal de seus filhos

A família Silva, de Maringá, resolveu manter os filhos estudando em casa. Lucas, de 10 anos, complementa
os estudos com aulas de tae kwon do, e Julia, 8, com balé

Tirar os filhos da escola e enfrentar na Justiça o direito de ser responsável pela educação formal deles. Essa rotina escolar, permeada de batalhas judiciais, ocorre há dois anos na casa da família Nunes, na pequena cidade de Timóteo, em Minas Gerais, a 216 quilômetros de Belo Horizonte. Há pouco menos de 20 dias, o designer Cléber, 44 anos, e a dona de casa Bernadeth, 40, respiram aliviados, enquanto Jônatas, 15, e Davi, 14, se preparam para uma prova de Conhecimentos a ser aplicada pela Secretaria de Educação de Minas Gerais. “Pela primeira vez, a Justiça deu aos meninos uma chance de mostrarem que não há abandono intelectual de nossa parte”, comemora Cléber.

Após colocar os garotos à prova, a decisão judicial pode ser feito inédito sobre o ensino domiciliar no Brasil. Agora, o casal Nunes pode ter o direito reconhecido pela responsabilidade da educação formal de seus filhos. Independentemente da decisão, um projeto de lei que tramita na Câmara Federal quer tornar legal a prática de ensino domiliciar no país, ou homeschooling, como também é conhecido principalmente nos Estados Unidos. O ensino domiciliar no Brasil atualmente é prática que infringe princípios constitucionais, contraria o Código Penal, o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente, e ainda a Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (9394/96).

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An 8-year-old boy who passed an entrance exam to study law at a university has been blocked from enrolling because the institution wants him to finish elementary and high school first, the newspaper Correio Braziliense reported. The boy was set to enter the law school of Paulista University after successfully completing exams and a writing test last week. His father said he would take the matter to court, while Brazil’s association of lawyers called on the Education Ministry to ensure that no other elementary school pupils are given the chance to take the tests.

Source: New York Times

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Source: Claudio, in Brazil

Ensino em casa no Brasil

"In conclusion it does not say the homeschooling is illegal, but that hs needs considerations, and that homeschooling in not only about education, it is a political issue. They are right."
Noemi

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