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Brazilian schoolgirl's speech on education funding goes viral | Brazilian schoolgirl's speech on education funding goes viral |
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A 16-year-old Brazilian girl has given evidence to a Senate committee analysing the impact of deep government cuts in education funding. | A 16-year-old Brazilian girl has given evidence to a Senate committee analysing the impact of deep government cuts in education funding. |
Ana Julia Ribeiro has become a media sensation after the speech she made to legislators in her home state of Parana defending student rights went viral. | Ana Julia Ribeiro has become a media sensation after the speech she made to legislators in her home state of Parana defending student rights went viral. |
Hundreds of schools across the state have been occupied by students angry over government's plans to freeze education funding. | Hundreds of schools across the state have been occupied by students angry over government's plans to freeze education funding. |
The protest has spread to other states. | The protest has spread to other states. |
Ana Julia was applauded when she criticised the government's education plans during the session at the Commission for Human Rights in the Senate. | Ana Julia was applauded when she criticised the government's education plans during the session at the Commission for Human Rights in the Senate. |
She has been compared online by Brazilians to the Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. | She has been compared online by Brazilians to the Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. |
In an interview with the BBC, she said she didn't know that the comparison had been made, but she liked it. | |
"How incredible! Malala is something else, her campaign is wonderful." | "How incredible! Malala is something else, her campaign is wonderful." |
Ana Julia gave her speech to legislators in her home state of Parana last week in the midst of student protests in about 1,000 Brazilian schools. | Ana Julia gave her speech to legislators in her home state of Parana last week in the midst of student protests in about 1,000 Brazilian schools. |
Parana has been most affected by the sit-ins that started in early October and has over 800 schools occupied. | |
She began her address with the question - who is school for? She went on to defend the student occupations as legal and legitimate. | She began her address with the question - who is school for? She went on to defend the student occupations as legal and legitimate. |
The occupations have been criticised for closing down school buildings used for annual examinations. | The occupations have been criticised for closing down school buildings used for annual examinations. |
A conservative, right-wing organisation, the Movement for Free Brazil (MBL), and some parents and teachers have demanded the protesters leave. | A conservative, right-wing organisation, the Movement for Free Brazil (MBL), and some parents and teachers have demanded the protesters leave. |
Some have argued that the secondary students are being politically manipulated by left-wing politicians to put pressure on the government of President Michel Temer and on the governor of Parana. | Some have argued that the secondary students are being politically manipulated by left-wing politicians to put pressure on the government of President Michel Temer and on the governor of Parana. |
But Ana Julia said in her speech it was an insult to the students to say they had been indoctrinated. | But Ana Julia said in her speech it was an insult to the students to say they had been indoctrinated. |
She said they were defending their education and they had a right to protest against the government's plans to freeze education funding for 20 years. | She said they were defending their education and they had a right to protest against the government's plans to freeze education funding for 20 years. |
Education clouded by violence | Education clouded by violence |
A broken education | A broken education |
Teachers not footballers needed | Teachers not footballers needed |
She said the students read the news carefully and debated their response to what was being said about education. | She said the students read the news carefully and debated their response to what was being said about education. |
She argued that a controversial government programme, "schools without political parties" which forbids political discourse in the classroom was an insult to the capacity of students to think for themselves. | She argued that a controversial government programme, "schools without political parties" which forbids political discourse in the classroom was an insult to the capacity of students to think for themselves. |
Above all, she said, students should be consulted on what kind of education they wanted. | Above all, she said, students should be consulted on what kind of education they wanted. |
Many left-wing supporters in Brazil are deeply disillusioned with politics after the impeachment of former President Dilma Rousseff and the discrediting of her Workers' Party. | Many left-wing supporters in Brazil are deeply disillusioned with politics after the impeachment of former President Dilma Rousseff and the discrediting of her Workers' Party. |
This week the austerity measures aimed at freezing investment in education for the next two decades go to the Senate, after being passed by the lower house of Congress. | This week the austerity measures aimed at freezing investment in education for the next two decades go to the Senate, after being passed by the lower house of Congress. |
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