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2016 student protests in Brazil

2016 student protests in Brazil
Public school occupied by high school students, in Brasília
Date2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) – 27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)
Location
 Brazil - 22 states and the Federal District[1][2]
Caused by
Goals
  • More investments and better conditions in education for students and teachers
  • Fight against corruption
  • Stop the high school reform announced by president Michel Temer
  • Stop the approval of bills such as PEC 241/16 and PLS 193/16, known as "Nonpartisan School", in the National Congress
  • End of salary installments for teachers in Rio Grande do Sul by governor José Ivo Sartori
Methods
Parties
Lead figures
  • Non-centralized leadership
  • Carina Vitral (UNE)
  • Camila Lanes (UBES)
Casualties
Death(s)2
Injuries207

The Student mobilisation in Brazil in 2016 (Portuguese: Mobilização estudantil no Brasil em 2016) corresponded to a series of demonstrations and occupations in Brazilian secondary schools and universities that intensified during the second half of 2016. The mobilisations were carried out by high school and university students in several states in Brazil.[10]

The demonstrations aimed to stop projects and measures by the state governments of Geraldo Alckmin, Marconi Perillo, José Ivo Sartori, Beto Richa, Luiz Fernando Pezão and the government of then President Michel Temer. The students protested the bills from the "PEC of the spending ceiling" to PEC 241, project "School without a Party", PL 44 and the provisional measure of the New High School.[11]

Possibly inspired by the wave of student mobilisations in São Paulo in 2015, students asked for more investments and better conditions in education for students and teachers as well as the improvement in the quality of school meals and the infrastructure of schools.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pelo menos 21 estados e o DF têm escolas e institutos ocupados por estudantes". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Estudantes ocupam escolas em protesto contra PEC de gastos". Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Alunos mantêm ocupações em protesto por merenda em São Paulo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 12 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ Pagno, Marina (14 May 2016). "Estudantes ocupam quinta escola na Capital por melhorias na educação". ZH Porto Alegre (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Os secundaristas avançam contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ^ Medeiros, Catiana (25 May 2016). "Estudantes de escola ocupada protestam em defesa da educação pública no RS". Brasil de Fato (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Alunos do CEP se juntam a protesto contra a reforma do ensino médio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Universitários fecham rodovia em protesto contra PEC 241 na Bahia". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ^ Amâncio, Thiago (12 August 2016). "Estudantes protestam contra Escola Sem Partido em colégio de SP". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Contrários a novo modelo de gestão, estudantes ocupam 27 escolas em Goiás". EBC. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ^ Tokarnia, Mariana (25 October 2016). "Mais de mil escolas do país estão ocupadas em protesto; entenda o movimento". EBC. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  12. ^ Tokarnia, Mariana (13 June 2016). "Estudantes que participam de ocupações querem mais espaço nas decisões". EBC. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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