Abstract:This Editorial covers several issues: • Gorceix, founder of the school of Mines, said in 1876: without primary education, there is no secondary education; without secondary education, there is no superior education; and without superior education, there will be no Brazilian engineers or men useful to their country. The motto, "Country Educator" of the current Brazilian administration is far from being true. One only has to remember that the founder of the centennial School of Mines of Ouro Preto complained abo… Show more
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