A national survey showed that four out of ten Brazilians said that the advance in children's literacy in public schools is smaller than expected. This is the process in which a person learns to read and write, which are fundamental life skills as allows communication, gaining knowledge, carrying out daily tasks and full participation in the society.
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According to the survey carried out at the request of Itaú Social, the Lemann Foundation and the Inter-American Development Bank, 14% of families with children in schools of low socioeconomic status say that young people show a learning that simply does not move forward. The situation is different in higher level schools.
Samantha, a teacher who has been teaching first graders for 30 years, said that this opinion is general, as she has seen many children reaching literacy without the foundation of preschool.
“After the pandemic, we no longer receive children like this, knowing how to cut, knowing the color, knowing necklace, knowing how to write the name", says the teacher of kindergarten and elementary school, Samantha Polite.
A strategy that has been used to overcome the challenge is to offer tutoring classes after school hours. Unfortunately, this reality may still be far from many Brazilian students.
“It requires much more support from personnel, teachers, materials, physical infrastructure, conditions for this recomposition of learning to take place. They will demand policies that look and offer more support to those who have less, more resources to those who need it most”, said the superintendent of Itaú Social, Patrícia Mota Guedes.
Literacy usually starts at infancy, during the early school years. It is important that children have access to qualified reading materials, trained teachers and a positive learning environment so that they can develop reading and writing skills in a effective.
Maysa, 8 years old, is at the recommended age limit for literacy. Her grandmother realized her granddaughter's difficulty and referred the girl to an NGO that operates in Recife.
“She stuttered a lot. She couldn't put the words together. And last year she started really reading ”, reveals Maysa's elderly caregiver and grandmother, Cristiane Soares.
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