In the late 1970s in Brazil, a small farmer was interviewed “Write it down there here in the countryside

there is tremendous dormant power, if need to be awakened. There needs to be more education here.”
Parents and teachers reported that after these early grades, most children left school, usually because
there were few schools close by. Which is one of the reasons why students chose to transfer to urban
areas.

Educationally, the number of schools with multi-grade classes, although still significant, has declined and
many students, due to a policy of grouping rural schools and school transportation subsides, travel from
rural to urban areas to continue their studies.

Furthermore, according to Hills (1965), Senior High School students are more likely to drop in grades,
with some recovery, their grades are lower than those native students. They will be less likely to survive
throughout the school year.