By the year 2000, Brazil had almostachieved universal primary enrollment for Grades 1-4, andmore than 50 million Brazilians were enrolled in thecountry's education system. From 1970 to 2000, 32million additional students entered school, two-thirds ofthem during the last two decades. Over a five-year period(1996-2000), while primary schooling continued to makeimportant gains, enrollments in secondary and tertiaryeducation in Brazil grew at the astonishing rate of 43% and44% respectively. Many developing countries face problemswith age-grade distortion. Largely because of highrepetition rates, age-grade distortion in Brazil is about 10percent country-wide, and almost 40 percent in thenortheastern part of the country. An innovative programcalled Accelerated Learning has been implemented to addressthis issue. Under this program, the federal governmentfinances the creation of special classes for over-agedstudents with the objective of reducing the age-gradedistortion and freeing up space in public schools. By year2000 there were already 1.2 million students enrolled inaccelerated learning programs in all Brazilian states.
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