Only 8% of Brazilians know how to communicate fully, says research

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A survey reveals that only 8% of Brazilians between 15 and 64 years old are able to express themselves and to fully understand a text. That is, only a small portion dominates in fact the Portuguese and mathematics. According to the study "Illiteracy in the World of Work", a partnership of Paulo Montenegro Institute (MPI) and the NGO Educative Action, the population has 27% of functional illiterates in this age group.

The survey divides the population into five groups: Illiterate, Rudimentary, Elementary, Intermediate and Proficient. Only 8% reach the latter. Someone "proficient" is able to understand and write texts of different types, such as messages (e-mail), descriptions (one Wikipedia entry) or argument (such as newspaper editorials or opinion articles), besides being able to opine on the location or text author's style. It is also able to interpret charts and graphs.

In theory, all students who complete high school (with a total of 12 years of schooling) should reach the Intermediate level. Only 9% of graduates got this level.

Schools almost empty in Brazilian urban centers

The study also shows that the largest group among Brazilians is "Elementary" with 42%. They're part of the lower range of functionally literate. They're able to interpret text and numbers in certain conditions, not too large, and especially involving your social reality. There are functionally illiterate (they understand basic points of Portuguese and math), but aren't at a level able to communicate by writing.

On the whole, they were interviewed 2002 people between 15 and 64 years old, living in urban and rural areas in all regions of the country.

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