Brazil connects 500,000 schoolchildren in North, Northeast to internet
Approximately 500,000 primary education students in public schools across the North and Northeast of Brazil, where connectivity rates are among the lowest in the country, will benefit from internet access in classrooms. This initiative is part of the federal government's Connected Schools program, which aims to universalize internet access in schools and promote inclusion.Minister of Communications Juscelino Filho stated that nationwide efforts will "connect 138,000 public primary schools by 2026."The initiative is funded by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and includes non-reimbursable resources from the Telecommunications Services Universalization Fund (Fust).Rix Internet and Norte Brasil Network were chosen to implement infrastructure in the two region...