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      Basic Education

      Municipal Education in Numbers - 2014

      # Institutions
      Schools 1.673
      Full-time Municipal Public Day Care Centers 247
      Day Care Centers licensed by the city 167
      School Units with Day Care 56
      Child Development Spaces 201

      # Extension Units
      School Clubs 7
      Artistic Education 8
      Education through Work Centers 1

      # Employed Professionals
      Teachers 42.529
      Day Care Assistants 6.140
      Administrative support staff 9.588

      Source: SME - City Education Secretariat

      Enrollment in Regular Education and in Youth and Adult Education Programs - 2013

      Child Education Elementary Education High School
      Day Care Pre-School Early Years Final Years
      BRAZIL 1.721.883 3.614.775 12.876.507 11.313.862 7.066.417
      State Urban 4.412 42.636 2.182.329 5.715.849 6.717.154
      State Rural 462 7.005 175.676 289.265 287.068
      City Urban 1.565.307 2.872.682 8.039.566 4.109.963 52.730
      City Rural 151.702 692.452 2.478.936 1.198.785 9.465
      STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO 115.948 194.798 807.862 739.406 446.346
      State Urban 84 497 10.592 248.738 428.114
      State Rural - - 263 12.886 12.497
      City Urban 107.573 174.423 724.315 451.383 5.686
      City Rural 8.291 19.878 72.692 26.399 49
      CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 51.528 70.652 284.597 237.700 164.756
      State Urban 84 214 2.054 7.552 164.756
      State Rural - - - - -
      City Urban 51.444 70.438 282.543 230.148 -
      City Rural - - - - -

      Presential EJA
      Elementary High School
      BRAZIL 2.170.434 971.132
      State Urban 603.469 927.563
      State Rural 46.458 23.726
      City Urban 1.130.032 18.017
      City Rural 390.475 1.826
      STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO 118.129 58.988
      State Urban 19.241 55.605
      State Rural 993 2.015
      City Urban 93.110 1.368
      City Rural 4.785 -
      CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 28.681 18.104
      State Urban 3.221 18.104
      State Rural - -
      City Urban 25.460 -
      City Rural - -

      Source: MEC/INEP - 2013 School Census
      Note: EJA = Youth and Adult Education

       

      Basic Education Development Index - IDEB  - First Years (4th and 5th YEARS

      Observed Ideb Projected Goals
      2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2007 2009 2011 2013 2021
      CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 4,2 4,5 5,1 5,4 - 4,3 4,6 5,1 5,3 6,4
      BRAZIL 3,8 4,2 4,6 5,0 5,2 3,9 4,2 4,6 4,9 6,0

      Basic Education Development Index - IDEB - Final Years (8th and 9th YEARS)
      Observed Ideb Projected Goals
      2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2007 2009 2011 2013 2021
      CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 3,7 4,3 3,6 4,4 - 3,8 3,9 4,2 4,6 5,7
      BRAZIL 3,5 3,8 4,0 4,1 4,2 3,5 3,7 3,9 4,4 5,5

      Source: IDEB/INEP

      Secondary Education Ranking – ENEM Grades (twenty best schools in Brazil) – 2012

      The City of Rio de Janeiro occupies the first position with the best school in Brazil and has 19 schools among the 50 best in the country.

      Ranking of the 20 best schools in Brazil - 2012

      Ranking 2012* School City / State
      1 Objetivo Colégio São Paulo, SP
      2 Colégio Bernoulli Belo Horizonte, MG
      3 Colégio Elite Ipatinga, MG
      4 Colégio São Bento Rio de Janeiro, RJ
      5 Colégio Ari de Sá Cavalcante Fortaleza, CE
      6 Aplica da UFV - COLUNI Viçosa, MG
      7 Colégio Vértice - Unidade II São Paulo, SP
      8 Instituto Dom Barreto Terresina, PI
      9 Colégio Santo Agostinho Nova Lima, MG
      10 Colégio Helyos Feira de Santana, BA
      11 Colégio Magnum Agostiniano Belo Horizonte, MG
      12 Colégio de Aplicação da UFPE Recife, PE
      13 Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci São Paulo, SP
      14 Colégio Santo Agostinho - NL Rio de Janeiro, RJ
      15 Colégio Santo Agostinho Rio de Janeiro, RJ
      16 Colégio Cruzeiro - Centro Rio de Janeiro, RJ
      17 Colégio WR Goiânia, GO
      18 Colégio Ipiranga Petrópolis, RJ
      19 Colégio Mobile São Paulo, SP
      20 Colégio Santa Marcelina Belo Horizonte, MG

      Source: INEP/MEC.
      * Based on the performance of schools from all over the country in the national high school exam.

      Language Teaching (Basic Schools and Courses)

      Foreign Schools  - 2012

      Foreign Schools - 2012
      Liceu Molière
      Escola Alemã Corcovado
      Escola Suíço-Brasileira Rio de Janeiro
      Escola Americana Rio de Janeiro
      ICS - Rio International School
      Associação Britânica de Educação (Escola Britânica)
      Our Lady of Mercy

       

      Language Schools - 2011

      Language # Schools % of Total
      English 533 93,7%
      Spanish 229 40,2%
      French 130 22,8%
      German 78 13,7%
      Italian 77 13,5%
      Japanese 74 13,0%
      Mandarin 66 11,6%
      Arabic 7 1,2%
      Greek 3 0,5%
      Hebrew 7 1,2%
      Russian 5 0,9%
      Swedish 3 0,5%
      # Language Schools in RJ 569

      Source: Rio Negócios

      Technical Education

      Number of Technical Schools - 2010

      #
      Brazil 4987
      State of Rio de Janeiro 408
      City of RIo de Janeiro 133

       

      Number of Courses - 2010

      Area Brazil State of Rio de Janeiro City of Rio de Janeiro
      Environment, health and safety 4.508 346 119
      Educational support 110 16 8
      Industrial control and processes 2.055 201 66
      Management and business 3.092 182 60
      Hospitality and leisure 396 32 15
      Information and communications 1.814 170 77
      Infrastructure 477 29 13
      Military 4 1 -
      Food production 240 6 1
      Cultural production and design 538 39 26
      Industrial production 266 17 5
      Natural resources 889 18 1
      Total 4.389 1.057 391

       

      Number of Enrollments - 2010

      Area Brazil State of Rio de Janeiro City of Rio de Janeiro
      Environment, health and safety 403.025 40.074 16.263
      Educational support 7.317 935 549
      Industrial control and processes 241.330 25.228 6.926
      Management and business 244.678 18.107 7.636
      Hospitality and leisure 25.267 1.943 1.095
      Information and communications 165.829 11.409 5.581
      Infrastructure 53.269 3.010 1.327
      Military 1.149 20 -
      Food production 18.108 826 207
      Cultural production and design 30.269 2.046 1.464
      Industrial production 18.735 1.728 439
      Natural resources 84.720 1.455 184
      Total 1.293.696 106.781 41.671

      Higher Education

      Institutions of higher education by administrative category  - 2012

      Origin City of Rio de Janeiro State of Rio de Janeiro Capitals Brazil
      Private 67 117 750 2112
      Federal 7 10 64 103
      State 4 12 32 116
      City 0 2 0 85
      TOTAL 78 141 846 2416

       

      Enrollments in Institutions of Higher Education by Type of Course  - 2010

      City of Rio de Janeiro State of Rio de Janeiro Capitals Brazil
      Type of course Enrollment % Enrollment % Enrollment % Enrollment %
      Business 68.635 20,9% 115.882 20,1% 723.606 25,2% 1.595.657 24,9%
      Mathematics and Statistics 3.854 1,2% 11.411 2,0% 28.902 1,0% 91.638 1,4%
      Health 65.080 19,9% 126.032 21,9% 562.120 19,6% 1.239.496 19,3%
      Engineering and similar 32.380 9,9% 59.916 10,4% 258.766 9,0% 624.421 9,7%
      Education 16.412 5,0% 36.790 6,4% 184.778 6,4% 594.754 9,3%
      Marketing and Communication 21.099 6,4% 27.605 4,8% 143.263 5,0% 225.376 3,5%
      Law 45.822 14,0% 74.092 12,9% 357.278 12,4% 694.545 10,8%
      Hotel Management and Tourism 4.076 1,2% 6.148 1,1% 36.194 1,3% 55.868 0,9%
      Earth Sciences 4.253 1,3% 10.464 1,8% 50.117 1,7% 165.820 2,6%
      Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy 3.265 1,0% 8.258 1,4% 37.385 1,3% 102.665 1,6%
      Creative Economy (excluding Software) 18.834 5,7% 23.715 4,1% 131.077 4,6% 209.765 3,3%
      Social and Human Sciences 27.388 8,4% 47.855 8,3% 218.262 7,6% 514.714 8,0%
      IT 16.748 5,1% 27.096 4,7% 143.403 5,0% 293.014 4,6%
      TOTAL 327.846 575.264 2.875.151 6.407.733

       

      Higher Education Graduates by Type of Course - 2010

      City of Rio de Janeiro State of Rio de Janeiro Capitals Brazil
      Type of course Graduates % Graduates % Graduates % Graduates %
      Business 8.512 19,3% 14.862 18,8% 113.041 26,9% 262.376 26,8%
      Mathematics and Statistics 426 1,0% 1.056 1,3% 3.405 0,8% 12.644 1,3%
      Health 10.593 24,0% 21.654 27,3% 85.138 20,3% 199.101 20,3%
      Engineering and similar 2.977 6,7% 5.561 7,0% 24.624 5,9% 60.793 6,2%
      Education 2.769 6,3% 5.843 7,4% 32.288 7,7% 109.806 11,2%
      Marketing and Communication 2.864 6,5% 3.789 4,8% 25.609 6,1% 42.824 4,4%
      Law 6.275 14,2% 10.043 12,7% 47.886 11,4% 91.035 9,3%
      Hotel Management and Tourism 737 1,7% 914 1,2% 7.527 1,8% 11.879 1,2%
      Earth Sciences 594 1,3% 1.656 2,1% 7.860 1,9% 27.969 2,9%
      Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy 212 0,5% 584 0,7% 3.659 0,9% 9.966 1,0%
      Creative Economy (excluding Software) 2.328 5,3% 3.038 3,8% 16.621 4,0% 27.488 2,8%
      Social and Human Sciences 3.694 8,4% 6.959 8,8% 32.492 7,7% 84.561 8,6%
      IT 2.171 4,9% 3.232 4,1% 20.044 4,8% 40.220 4,1%
      TOTAL 44.152 79.191 420.194 980.662

      % of Enrollments and Graduates in the City of Rio de Janeiro - 2012
      Enrollment Graduates
      STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO 58,3% 58,0%
      BRAZIL 5,2% 5,1%
      CAPITALS 11,1% 11,1%

      Source: INEP/MEC, Analysis by Rio Negócios