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Students in the Bolsa Famíla Program have high attendance and good grades

To earn the right to the Bolsa Família program, children between the ages of 6 and 17 years must be attending school with an attendance record of 85% per month.  This program has been yielding excellent returns.

School attendance for fifteen million children and young beneficiaries is monitored. Photo: Eduardo Aigner/MDS

At the primary school level performance sor students in the Bolsa Família program is similar to that of children that are not in the program.  The performance of high school students in the program is higher that that of students is above the national average.  Truancy is lower in both elementary and secondary education levels.

Released from the obligation to work to help their families, these children have opportunities that their parents and grandparents did not have.  And they opt for more education.

Many of these students attend the local university, realizing the dream of former President Lula: To see the children of working class laborers become engineers.


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Specialists say that the guarantee of a minimum income has a highly positive impact on education. Not just because of the elimination of hunger and the risk of child labor, but also because greater economic security increases the psychological well-being of the parents, who can then dedicate themselves more to the future of their children. And the future is promising: the Bolsa Família increased the participation of the 20% of the population at the lowest income levels in the school system. In 2001, only 17.3% of young people 16 years of age in this group had completed primary school: in 2011, that percentage increased to 42.7%. At the high school level, at the 15 to 17 year age group, the increase was from 13.6% to 35.9%.

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In addition to increasing the time in school, the poorest 20% also advanced in their studies. In 2002,  of the students 15 years of age, only 32.1% were enrolled in the school year appropriate for their age. In 2002, the increase jumped to 53.8%. Thanks to the Bolsa Família, educational inequality among social classes fell from 31% to 19.4% in only one decade.

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Monthly school attendance of students is monitored

That the monthly school attendance of more than 15 million students who are beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família program is monitored. The number is equivalent to 75% of the total student population between six and 15 years of in all of Western Europe.


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See how programs to encourage school attendance open new doors for Brazil's young people.

• Young beneficiaries are example in secondary education

• Experts show the impact of apprenticeships for the beneficiaries. [18]

• Article: the effects of the Bolsa Família  on education [19]

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