Overview

• Only 48.2% of public schools are connected to a sewer network and more than 20% lack waste collection, despite broad access to other basic items.
• Regional disparities are stark, with about a third of schools in Acre and Roraima without potable water, a third in Acre and Amazonas without reliable electricity, and a quarter in Roraima without bathrooms.
• Although 95.4% of schools report internet access, just 44–44.5% meet classroom-ready standards and 4.6% lack any connection or adequate power for connectivity.
• Learning results remain very low, with only 4.5% of third‑year public high school students at adequate levels in mathematics and Portuguese, and equipment like libraries and labs concentrated in later grades.
• Authors highlight the fator amazônico and urge regionally targeted investment as Congress considers the new National Education Plan, while the Education Ministry says recent data show over 65% of schools now have pedagogically adequate internet and R$305 million will fund connectivity this year.