• Victor@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    graduate

    lack basic knowledge

    Why are they graduating in the first place? Who is passing these students? Stop passing students who can’t show they learned anything, maybe? Novel idea, I know.

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      They… Are? Seems like a lot of people responding aren’t reading the article, so:

      • Brazil is huge, and has the largest public healthcare system in the world.
      • This is the first time they’ve conducted a national test against medical universities
      • They are not punishing students, but the universities, and restricting new enrollment at them

      And no, they are not all private institutions.

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        2 days ago

        Seems like a lot of people responding aren’t reading the article, so

        You’re insinuating I didn’t read the article. 😛 But you’re right, I didn’t, because the statement I was referring to is right in the title.

        How are they “about to graduate” if teachers weren’t passing them when they shouldn’t have, if they lack basic knowledge? You shouldn’t be reaching the end of your medical programme about to graduate if you haven’t passed any courses. 🤷‍♂️

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          1 day ago

          Hah, yea, they’re in their last year. It doesn’t say how they are going to handle it. This also means there are graduates who would probably fail, too.

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      It’s mostly private institutions passing people because they just care about the money and nothing else.

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        2 days ago

        Source? The literal subtitle of the article says it’s private and public institutions.

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            Middle of the article:

            The medicine schools with the worst scores are mostly municipally owned (created and managed by city councils) or …

            Sooo…

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              Cherry picking huh? Municipal are the smallest and least funded public universities here, the major institutions are all state and federal level, to be honest I didn’t even know there were municipal ones. Reminder that I said ‘mostly’ not ONLY private institutions.

              “It’s no surprise that federal public universities have received the highest marks; they are universally recognized as the best. But the evaluation of medical programs has also revealed that tuition fees can be inversely proportional to the quality of the education being offered. Medicine schools that scored the lowest (1 or 2 on a scale of 1-5) charge each student between $1,100 and $2,600 a month, according to a detailed analysis by Veja magazine. This is veritable fortune in a country where the minimum wage is $313 a month.”

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                Not cherry picking, just wasn’t aware that municipalities were smaller schools. Our school system here works different. Now I know.

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      Corruuuuuption!

      Americans, pay attention, because this is where you’re headed in speed run fashion