On April 23, World Book Day, Brazil's Ministry of Education launched the expanded PNLL national reading plan i! Swipe to see →
On April 23, 2026 — World Book Day, a date chosen by UNESCO to honor literature and the power of reading — Brazil's Ministry of Education...
The most authoritative data on Brazilian literacy comes from the INAF (Indicador de Alfabetismo Funcional), a survey conducted every thre...
The expanded PNLL (Plano Nacional do Livro e Leitura) announced by MEC represents the largest federal investment in reading promotion in ...
The World Bank's 2025 Human Capital Index report estimated that Brazil's functional illiteracy rate costs the national economy approximat...
The PNLL expansion is not immune to Brazil's polarized political landscape. Opposition politicians from the right criticized the R$2.8 bi...
MEC set specific targets for the PNLL expansion:
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