The Ministry of Education (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

: Ministério da Educação), MEC, is a Brazilian

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 government ministry.

Functions of this ministry: national education policy, early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education, youth and adult education, among other teachings (professional, special and distance education)
Taking their proper decisions so that these are met.

See also

• Instituto Benjamin Constant
  Instituto Benjamin Constant
  Instituto Benjamin Constant is a part of Brazil's Ministry of Education, and is charged with promoting educational opportunities for the visually impaired. It is located in the neighborhood of Urca in Rio de Janeiro....
  
  
• Universities and higher education in Brazil
  Universities and higher education in Brazil
  Brazil adopts a mixed system of public and private funded universities. Usually public funded universities offer the best quality education, and they are 100% financed by the government...
  
  
• Undergraduate education in Brazil
• Graduate degrees in Brazil
• Bachelor's degree in Brazil
• CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)
• Lattes Platform
  Lattes Platform
  The Lattes Platform is an information system maintained by the Brazilian Government to manage information on science, technology and innovation related to individual researchers and institutions working in Brazil.It is named after a Brazilian physicist, Cesar Lattes, and it is maintained by the...
  
  
• Brazilian science and technology
  Brazilian science and technology
  Brazilian science and technology have achieved a significant position in the international arena in the last decades. The central agency for science and technology in Brazil is the Ministry of Science and Technology, which includes the CNPq and Finep...
  
  
• Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
  
   (CAPES)
• INEP (National Institute for Research on Education)