Education
There are 2,000 vacancies in state and municipal networks for teaching children, basic and medium through nurseries and schools. Access to teaching technical and higher is in Maceió through institutions like the Federal Institute of Alagoas: IFAL, the Federal University of Alagoas: UFAL and several private colleges and universities. The council is supported by various initiatives of governments federal, state and municipal levels for the eradication of child labour and illiteracy: Program for the Eradication of Child Labor - PETI (Programa de Erradicação do Trabalho Infantil), Family Scholarship (Bolsa Família), etc.
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