Brazil adds political education to school curriculum

The Brazilian government has enacted two laws aimed at strengthening civic education. Published on Tuesday (Jul. 14), the laws make political education and citizens’ rights mandatory components of the basic education curriculum and establish National Ethics and Citizenship Week. One of the new laws amends the Law on Guidelines and Foundations of National Education (LDB) to make the teaching of political education and citizens’ rights mandatory in schools. The subject will now be integrated into…