CIEP-100 St. Francis Assisi (Mesquita)

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The Integrated Public School Centers (CIEPs), popularly nicknamed Brizolões were an educational project authored by anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro, who personally considered it "a revolution in public education in the country." [1]

Deployed initially in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along the two governments Brizola (1983-1986 and 1991-1994), aimed to provide quality public education, full time students of the state.

The class schedule stretched from 8 to 17 hours, offering, in addition to the regular curriculum, cultural activities, guided studies and physical education. The CIEPs provided full meals to their students, and medical and dental care. The average capacity of each unit was for one thousand students.

The project aimed to additionally benefit underprivileged children of the streets, offering them the so-called "social parents, public officials, residents in CIEPs, caring for children also residing there.

The governments that succeeded the Brizola did not carry the project management, tailoring it to its main feature: the full teaching. Thus, units built and become operational mainstream schools with teaching in shifts. The other partially completed, were simply abandoned, as well as disabled and dismantled the facility that produced the parts pre-cast concrete.